you are welcome here. exactly as you are.
Online therapy and EMDR Intensives for adults throughout Illinois. In-person restorative retreats and daylong immersive experiences, and small-group online support series for women loving someone with a dementia-related illness.
Visit Sunbeam Hollow Sanctuary to explore current & upcoming offerings.
I help exhausted, capable humans overcome the belief that everything and everyone depends on their ability to carry it all, and that it will all fall apart if they stop.
Together, we shift your mindset into deep acceptance. You aren't broken. You're just having a deeply human response to extraordinarily heavy things.
If you've found yourself here, chances are life has been asking a lot of you.
Life has a way of teaching us to keep going, even when we're overwhelmed. We learn to push through, take care of everyone else, and tell ourselves we'll slow down someday.
Over time, carrying that much can become so normal that we don't even realize the weight of it until it begins showing up as anxiety, exhaustion, perfectionism, or the feeling that something just isn't right.
By the time people find me, they've spent a long time trying to make sense of why they feel the way they do. They've learned how to keep going. They've built careers, cared for others, and met life's demands.
But despite everything they've accomplished, anxiety, self-doubt, old patterns, or painful experiences continue to show up in ways that don't make sense. Many are left wondering why they can't simply move forward or if something is wrong with them.
These are a few ways I can support you:
1:1 Therapy
1:1 therapy for adults across IL who are very good at functioning, taking care of everyone else, and convincing people they are fine, even while anxiety, old wounds, or relentless self-pressure are quietly running the show. If you are feeling overwhelmed, in active grief, or just over it - let’s talk.
EMDR Intensives
Focused, extended EMDR sessions for adults who feel stuck in a specific experience, trigger, or pattern and want dedicated time to work more deeply than a weekly therapy hour allows.
Sunbeam Hollow Experiences
Restorative weekend retreats, live virtual gatherings, and daylong immersive experiences created for women who need room to rest, connect, and simply be.
You don’t have to carry it all alone.
Healing isn't about becoming someone different.
It's about understanding yourself with enough compassion that you no longer have to keep fighting the parts of you that have been working so hard to protect you.
Whether you're looking for individual therapy, an EMDR intensive, or simply trying to understand why life feels harder than it should right now, you're welcome here.
My hope is that every person who walks through my door leaves feeling something we all deserve to experience.
Seen.
Heard.
Supported.
And with a deeper understanding that there was never anything "wrong" with them to begin with.
I'm so glad you're here.
