About
I support the people and relationships that help young people thrive.
My work centers around kids, but I believe real change starts with supporting the adults who care for them too. My approach blends mindfulness, movement, and relationship-based tools to help the whole system around a child feel more calm and connected.
Why I do this work
I kept noticing that we were working on the wrong thing.
For years, as a licensed mental health therapist for children and teens, I watched young people learn the language of emotions and still have no idea what to do in the moment - or no ability to reach for it when they needed it most.
Then I started noticing something else. The young people I worked with spent their days inside environments held by adults who were exhausted. Teachers who cared enormously and had nothing left. Parents doing their best in seasons that asked far too much. The behavior we were trying to address was rarely the whole story.
So I stopped starting with behavior. I started with the person- whoever was in front of me, adult or child- and with curiosity about what was happening in their body, what they were feeling, what they needed, and what their environment was asking of them.
That's the work now: awareness, compassion, and capacity. Not learning to be perfectly calm, but developing enough space to pause and respond differently. It's practical, it's human, and it applies as much to a teacher on a Wednesday afternoon as it does to a nine-year-old.
Background
A decade of practice across mental health, education, and contemplative work.
Credentials matter, but they aren't the point. What matters is whether you feel seen, supported, and able to do something different afterward.
Mental health
Ten years supporting the emotional health of children and adolescents as a licensed mental health therapist, across schools, community settings, and private practice.
Education
Years working alongside teachers, counselors, and school teams on social-emotional learning - inside the realities of a school day.
Mindfulness & embodiment
Ongoing training in mindfulness, breath, body awareness, and somatic and trauma-informed practices.
Movement
Yoga Alliance RYT-200, with specialized training in children's yoga, breathwork, and somatic movement.
Children & adolescents
Individual and group work with young people on awareness, confidence, coping, friendship, and communication.
Supporting adults
Coaching for the educators, parents, and caregivers who are with young people every day.
A global perspective
I live and work as a nomad, by design.
Transition, adaptation, change, and belonging are part of my lived experience. I understand what internationally mobile young people, families, and the educators who teach them are navigating.
I work each week across cultures, time zones, and continents - with English-speaking expat families and educators in the world.