Madison, WI

I have the lived experience of healing from severe opioid and stimulant use disorder, anxiety, depression, and complex trauma. Recovery started for me with people who loved me unconditionally, and continued when I learned to love myself. There is no room for shame or judgment in my practice — you will always be treated as the expert on your own experience.

I've spent 20 years on the front lines of the substance use and mental health crisis. My background includes founding CAYA Clinic, serving as Clinical Director of ARC Community Services, Executive Director of Stop Heroin Now, Wisconsin State Lead for the Recovery Advocacy Project, a therapist at Open Door Center for Change, Director of Drug Poisoning Prevention at Safe Communities, and Assistant Director of Connections Counseling. I'm also a national trainer with the Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network, specializing in SBIRT and peer recovery services for pregnant and parenting families.

I chaired SCAODA's Ad Hoc Committee on 911 Good Samaritan Legislation, co-produced the documentary Straightforward: The Truth About Addiction, and contributed my own recovery story to Waking Up Happy: A Handbook of Change with Memoirs of Recovery and Hope.

• If abstinence-based therapies haven't worked for you and you are looking for a new approach. 

• If you have substance use and mental health disorders and complex trauma. 

• If you want a therapist with lived experience. 

• If your family member struggles with substance use and you want support for the very real trauma that you have experienced. 

• If you are looking for gender-affirming care. 

• If you are a survivor of trauma and you are ready to take your power back. 

• If you would like a Queer+, Sex+, or Kink+ therapist. 

• If you are pregnant or parenting while managing substance use disorder. 

• If you are a therapist dealing with the loss of a client.