Who Am I?
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Meet Me
(You don’t have to read this — but if you do, you’ll know exactly what kind of therapist I am.)
If you’re here, you probably want to know who you’d be sitting across from.
I’m warm, direct, and deeply invested in helping people change patterns that keep them stuck. I meet people where they are — without judgment, without fluff, and without pretending things are easier than they are. I believe real transformation is possible, even when life feels broken or repetitive or hopeless.
I have a particular heart for people caught in painful cycles — couples who keep having the same fight, families who feel disconnected, and individuals weighed down by shame or self-blame. Therapy, to me, is sacred work. Not because it’s gentle or pretty — but because it’s honest, courageous, and deeply human.
One passage that has shaped my work comes from Isaiah 61 — a promise of beauty from ashes, freedom from captivity, and hope where despair once lived. I don’t see that as poetic language. I see it lived out every day when people slow down, face what hurts, and begin to repair what matters.
I’m not afraid of the messy parts. I don’t sit back. I roll up my sleeves and get to work with you.
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners... to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.”
My Story
Before Missouri, before therapy, my life looked very different.
I began my career in Israel, working in the fast-paced world of high-tech telecommunications. When I moved to the U.S., my husband asked me a simple question:
“Who do you really want to be?”
The answer came quickly. A therapist.
I told him it felt unrealistic — I hadn’t finished my undergraduate degree. He disagreed. The next day, he handed me login credentials for an online program and said, “Start.” I did.
From there, I earned my Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and began the work I now love: helping couples and individuals reconnect, repair, and rebuild.
I’m also completing advanced training in sex therapy through the University of Michigan, because intimacy, desire, and sexual disconnection are often central to relationship distress — and they deserve skilled, direct attention, not avoidance.
Why I Do This Work
I love stories. Not the curated ones. The real ones.
The parts that shaped you. The disappointments. The moments that left a mark. The hopes you still carry for your relationship, even if they feel fragile now. I’m especially moved by what happens between two people when the right patterns are named and slowed down. When what felt chaotic begins to make sense. When anger is recognized as fear. When distance is understood as protection. When two people realize they are not each other’s enemy — they are caught in a cycle neither of them intended.
There is a moment in this work that never gets old. When someone softens. When they risk saying the thing they’ve held back for years. When they feel understood instead of defended. When the room gets quieter because something real just happened.
That is the privilege of specializing in couples work. This is not surface-level therapy. It is structured, intentional, and focused on the relationship itself — not just two individual stories sitting side by side. We work directly with the pattern between you. We slow it down. We make it visible. And we change it.
If you are ready to stop circling the same pain and start shifting the pattern, schedule a consultation. Let’s begin the work.