I am a licensed, trauma trained, credentialed  and accredited psychologist and board-certified art therapist (ATR-BC) who is also a licensed professional counselor (LPCC) a supervisor and educator. I also have a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in photography and media. 

 

This means I have a Masters' Degree in my field and I have been qualified and certified by the State's professional board after successfully completing the many years necessary education, exams, training and practice.

 

I also am a board certified and registered art therapist (ATR-BC) and completed a Masters' Program (Adler Graduate School) accredited by the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) and an undergraduate degree (BFA) in studio art and critical thinking (MCAD). This means I have a master’s degree, have met rigorous educational standards, and, as an art therapist, I have completed the required amount of supervision and clinical hours to meet ATCB registration standards. My Board Certification and supervisor training was completed in 2022.

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As a therapist, I sit with more than 8+ years and 6,000+ hours of therapeutic experience as a clinician, including 40+ hours of formal complex trauma systems training. I have ongoing trainings in Somatics, Art, Education, Social Justice, Transgender Health and Rights, and Neuropsychology.

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As an experienced educator and emerging graduate art therapy instructor, I orient from a liberatory praxis and student centered, community minded, Adlerian approach. I endeavor to integrate decolonial, anti-oppressive, and intersectional training into art therapy processes for students and learners. 

 

My professional affiliations include; Art(s) Therapy Hub (founder), Adler Graduate School, American Counseling Association, American Art Therapy Association (AATA) as a Credentialed Professional, Minnesota Art Therapy Association Member, MN LGBTQ+ Therapists’ Network Member, Adaptive Internal Resourcing (AIR) Network, and Inclusive Therapists' Member. 

 

Personally, I have two decades of personal healing and training in somatic and psychodynamic therapy as well as a life-long engagement with social justice work, art making, travel, and cultural studies. Outside of my practice, I also write, teach, and volunteer and have been an artist and creator as long as I can remember. 

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Acknowledging my lineage and positionality

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I endeavor to undo socially created gender constructs and gender-binary in therapy. As a queer person I sit in deep reverence for the LGBTQIAA2S+ individuals and groups that have paved the way progressing toward freedom. As an able-bodied neurodivergent person, I work daily to process my bias and growth in expanding experiences and see the world in a way that is expansive and curious as well as multi-faceted.

 

As a Jewish white privileged person of Irish, British, Greek, and matrilineal Ashkenazi Jewish heritage, I root in my ancestry and engage in ongoing work to dismantle internal and external forms of white fragility, colonizing systems, patriarchy, capitalism, and racism. I endeavor to integrate decolonial, anti-oppressive, and liberatory praxis into my daily work.

 

Land Acknowledgment 

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Sitting on Dakota land, I hold deep reverence for the healing and living space I occupy and endeavor to bring honor in my service to community. 

 

I acknowledge the Dakota (or Sioux) and the Ojibwa (Anishinabe or Chippewa) people as the traditional residers and caretakers of this land. I recognize that the land was never ceded and I pay deep respect to sovereign Native and Indigenous cultures and communities; and to Elders both past and present.

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