
About
Originally from England, I lived and worked in London for over a decade and traveled extensively during that time. For over three decades I have been a practitioner of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga, which has profoundly informed my approach to life and therapy. In the 1990s, I relocated to California and earned a degree in biology, followed by work in scientific research in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years. During that time, I also trained and worked as a yoga therapist. In 2008, I relocated to the Rogue Valley, and in 2017, I completed a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Southern Oregon University. I am now a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oregon.
Incorporating training in multiple modalities, my approach integrates evidence-based mental health counseling, mindfulness, and yoga to address the emotional, cognitive, somatic, and spiritual needs of my clients. By combining traditional talk therapy with body awareness and mindfulness practices, I offer a holistic and practical approach to therapy. These integrative methods often help clients both with current challenges and in achieving deeper and more lasting change..
I have extensive experience working with diverse clients on issues such as trauma, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, chronic pain, eating disorders, and relationship challenges. More recent experience involves working with neurodivergent clients. Past roles include serving as a counseling intern at La Clinica Wellness Center and as part of the DBT Center of Southern Oregon treatment team for two years as an individual therapist and group facilitator specializing in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
Currently, I work with individuals and couples at my office in the Historic Ashland Armory, focusing on mindfulness-based approaches to mental health and wellbeing. In 2022, I expanded my practice to include group therapy, including a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral treatment group for insomnia.
In addition to my clinical work, since 2017 I have been an adjunct faculty member at Endicott College in Beverly, MA, where I teach online undergraduate courses, including Foundations of Mindfulness, Health Psychology, and Psychological Perspectives, and Yoga: Theory, Culture, and Practice. I have an extensive background in writing and editing. I co-edited Yoga for Mental Health (Handspring Publishers, 2018) and served as editor-in-chief of Yoga Therapy Today, the membership magazine of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, for seven years.
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Outside of my professional life, I enjoy hiking, practicing yoga, dancing, reading, performing improvised theater, and spending time with family and friends in the beautiful Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon.