About Me

Professional Shit You Should Know: 

I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in the state of Vermont, with a master's degree from Antioch University New England. My practice specializes in cult recovery, trauma-related diagnoses, professional burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary traumatic stress. As a cult expert, I also offer clinical case consultations for mental health professionals interested in developing therapeutic competency in working with cult survivors and learning more about issues related to undue influence and systemic abuse.

My therapeutic philosophy draws strongly from Jungian theorists, alongside other psychodynamic and existentialist thinkers. I am currently an analytic training candidate with the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association in New York and a member of the Vermont Association of Psychoanalytic Studies.

In addition to my clinical work, I enjoy presenting on a range of topics, including cult recovery, the neurophysiology of trauma and building a trauma-informed practice, components of effective worldview change in extremist ideologies, and wellness and burnout issues in the counseling profession. I’ve been published in the International Journal of Cultic Studies and have been consulted as an expert in cult psychology by media and academics. ​

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I am the creator of "More Than a Fool's Errand: Tarot's Mirror to the Soul," a self-paced, interactive digital course that teaches Tarot as a reflective and symbolic system that supports creative insight, psychological integration, and personal meaning‑making. 

Personal Shit You Might Like to Know: 

When not subjecting my friends and loved ones to impromptu trauma presentations at parties, I can be found doing the fairly stereotypical Vermont things like hiking, kayaking, cross-country skiing, surfing (ha! Just seeing if you’re paying attention), spending time in nature, and watching the wildlife.

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I always have several books going at a time and have been writing my own poetry and stories since I was a child. If I see a book in your hand, chances are high I’m going to ask what you’re reading, and I want you to gush about how much you love or hate it. I will always have book recommendations to offer because I love them so much and because I worked as a bookseller before I worked as a therapist.

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I love a good philosophical debate. I think deeply but hold my opinions loosely. I’m a bit irreverent and love to swear.  I show strangers in the grocery store pictures of my cat, who ironically has separation anxiety and will choke herself if I’m not paying enough attention to her. I have yet to find a cat psychologist who specializes in non-erotic-self-asphyxiation.