About Me

This Work is Personal, and It’s Powerful.

I’m a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with over 10 years of experience—but more than that, I’m someone who knows what it’s like to project strength while struggling quietly.

For nearly 20 years, I’ve helped teens, young adults, and families navigate life’s inner terrain—healing from trauma, managing anxiety and depression, and finding new ways to connect through life transitions.

After years in high-volume therapy settings, I began to feel misaligned. I saw the cracks in systems that rushed people through their healing. What I wanted—what I knew clients needed—was more presence. More connection. More depth.

That’s why I created Trailhead Holistic Counseling: to offer something slower, more intuitive, more human. A space to truly land in yourself.

My Background

Much of my career has been devoted to supporting adolescents and families—whether in schools, community programs, or therapeutic settings. I’ve walked alongside teens sorting through anxiety, identity, and belonging, and supported parents working to stay connected through the turbulence of growing up.

Those years taught me that true healing isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about slowing down, listening closely, and honoring the body, mind, and relationships as part of one whole system.

A holistic therapist wearing a green baseball cap with a yellow Hieroglyphics hip-hop crew logo, black t-shirt, and tattoos on his arm, posing with his chin resting on his hand in front of a pond surrounded by greenery.
A holistic therapist with short gray hair and a light beard taking a selfie outdoors in a natural setting with green grass and a tree in the background.

Before Becoming a Therapist…

I studied anthropology—which deeply shapes how I understand healing. Across cultures, healing was never just clinical—it was creative, spiritual, embodied. It was connected to nature, community, and ritual.

That lineage still speaks to me.

While I don’t practice shamanic healing formally, I’m inspired by traditions that honor the full self—body, mind, soul, and shadow. I believe healing is less about fixing and more about remembering: your rhythm, your wholeness, your connection to the world around you.

Outside the therapy room, you’ll find me in bookstores, digging through record bins, photographing quiet corners of nature, or rewatching Star Wars (again). I find peace on the trail, joy in movement, and occasional heartbreak as a lifelong Cubs fan.

These aren’t just hobbies—they’re the ways I reconnect with myself. And that’s the kind of healing I support: real, embodied, imperfect, and whole.