My clinical foundation is ERP, with particular depth in treating mental compulsions (often through Rumination-Focused ERP specifically). There's rarely just one road to the same place, and OCD can be remarkably resourceful in reinventing itself, which is part of why I stay open to innovation. Although ERP remains my primary lens, my curiosity has led me into additional training in Somatic Experiencing, something I'm genuinely excited about. I think of it as complementary to ERP rather than opposed to it, especially for how purely cerebral OCD can sometimes feel. I'm also trained in ACT and EMDR.

I'm especially curious about anxiety as a struggle to metabolize emotional experience. I see anxiety as an inhibitory emotion, distinct from our core emotions. It functions to "protect" us from feeling forbidden feelings, keeping us stuck in a relentless loop, unable to metabolize what might be underneath. Learning to disengage from anxiety, not fight it, not feed it, is where real relief starts.

My doctoral research looked at how self-compassion, woven into ERP, can help people be gentler with themselves while still facing what needs to be faced.

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker–Supervisor, Texas #62509

• Doctorate of Social Work, University of Kentucky

• Master of Social Work, Texas Christian University

• BTTI Intensive ERP Training, International OCD Foundation

• Rumination-Focused ERP Training under Dr. Michael Greenberg

• Trained in ACT and EMDR

• Currently in training in Somatic Experiencing

I also provide clinical supervision for therapists working toward licensure or specializing in OCD and anxiety. If that's you, I would love to connect!

Intake session (75 minutes): $300

Subsequent sessions (50 minutes): $250

I'm interested in the emotional undertone of your thinking, not the literal content of it. OCD has a way of producing thoughts that feel taboo, even unspeakable. Please know this: you can't shock me, and I won't judge what your mind hands you. I handle this delicately while refraining from reinforcing the cycle. I'm here to help you find a different way through it.

I believe mental health is relational health, so I'm genuinely curious about your story, where you came from, who shaped you, what you've carried. Getting to know all of that isn't a detour from the work, it's what makes the ERP itself land differently, more like something we're doing together, less like something being done to you.

People with OCD are among the kindest, most creative, and hardest-working people I've met. They also tend to be their own biggest obstacle, not because something's wrong with them, but because OCD has a talent for sabotaging their good intentions. I understand that pattern honestly, some of it learned, some of it lived.

I consider myself an ERP specialist first, but OCD is stubborn, and stubborn problems need creativity. I tailor treatment to you, not the other way around.

My interest in getting this right keeps me close to new research, and I'm always looking for new techniques and strategies that might genuinely help. Staying still isn't an option in a field that keeps teaching us more.