The Path That Brought Me Here.

Being a therapist isn’t where my story began. As a child, I dreamed of becoming a singer. I was in every play, every chorus performance — music was my medicine. Stepping into a character was freeing; it pulled me outside of myself and funneled my energy into imagination. Performing became my anchor. By the time I reached college, I loved musical theatre so deeply that I majored in it. What an experience! I found myself surrounded by other sensitive souls, laughing with castmates who felt like family, and pushing my perfectionist streak to new heights. Coming from a divorced family gave me plenty of reasons to escape. Theatre became my safe place.

That creative energy carried into adulthood when I discovered hairstyling. Beauty school opened a whole new world for me. I had a natural talent for the craft, but more importantly, I had a gift for holding space. Sitting with clients, listening to their stories, and nurturing relationships became the heartbeat of my work. It wasn’t just about helping them look beautiful, it was about helping them feel beautiful. For over a decade, that chair was my stage.

But chronic pain forced me to pause. For a while, life felt dark. It was my own lived experiences with trauma, addiction, and navigating the world as a highly sensitive person that called me toward therapy. Once I began to accept myself fully, everything shifted. I saw the world with new eyes. My values changed. A new purpose began to take shape.

I enrolled at Lipscomb University in Nashville to earn my master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, all while bringing two babies into the world. Motherhood became the most challenging role I’ve ever had to play: gut-wrenching, raw, and humbling. It demands that you parent yourself even as you parent your child, often while running on survival mode.

I am still learning about myself every day… my limits, my resilience, my softness. And in the therapy room, I get to lay my own story down to be fully present with my clients. Counseling connects me to something greater than myself. The winding, bumpy road brought me here [and I wouldn’t change it!] because every twist prepared me for the work I now feel called to do.