Layers of Harmony

Born from the lived experience of a trauma survivor and refined through depth-oriented clinical training.

Who I Am

I am a therapist who understands trauma from both sides of the room. I grew up as the outsider, the one who was bullied, misunderstood, and labeled as the “weird” one. Those early experiences shaped me more than I realized. I became a people pleaser out of necessity, letting unhealthy friendships and relationships influence my choices because I wanted to belong. I carried those patterns into adulthood, long before I had the language to understand why. I am also a survivor of deeper trauma beyond these experiences, which gives me a lived understanding of how complex healing can be and how much strength it takes to keep moving forward.

EMDR changed the trajectory of my life. It gave me the clarity, grounding, and internal freedom I had spent years searching for. My trust in this work does not come from textbooks or theory. It comes from lived experience and from knowing how life-changing it can be when the weight you’ve been carrying finally begins to shift.

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My path into this work has been anything but linear. I started my career in music and creative expression, where I learned how emotion lives in the body and how stories show themselves in subtle, symbolic ways. Later, my work in meditation, holistic practices, and mind–body healing taught me how much internal transformation requires presence, safety, and the willingness to look inward with honesty. Over time, all of these experiences led me toward clinical training, trauma-focused work, and a deep commitment to understanding the human psyche.

At a certain point, I realized I wanted to become the therapist I once needed. Someone steady. Someone who listens with intention. Someone who can sit with pain without rushing it away. Someone who understands the emotional layers people learn to hide in order to survive. My own experiences showed me that healing requires both clinical skill and genuine humanity, and I wanted to offer a style of therapy that reflected both.

That realization changed everything. It led me into formal clinical training, trauma-focused work, and a deep commitment to understanding the human psyche. It also inspired the creation of Layers of Harmony, a practice that brings together everything I have learned about resilience, depth, and what it means to rebuild yourself from the inside out.

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Layers of Harmony was created from a very real place in my own healing. For years, I searched for a therapeutic space that felt attuned, thoughtful, and genuinely understanding. I wanted a place where I did not have to make myself smaller or perform strength in order to be taken seriously. I needed a therapist who could see the whole person and not just a list of symptoms. I wanted depth. I wanted clarity. I wanted a space where someone like me, someone sensitive and complex and often misunderstood, could finally breathe.

That space did not exist in the way I needed it to. So I built it.
Layers of Harmony is the practice I wish I had during the hardest seasons of my life. It is a place for the outsiders, the overthinkers, the high-functioning but exhausted, and the people who have carried too much on their own. It is for anyone who was told they were too sensitive or too intense or too much. It is for the clients who have never fit neatly into a category and have always felt a little out of place.

This practice reflects who I am, not who I was expected to be.
It brings together the depth of trauma-focused therapy, the grounding of mind and body work, and the clarity that comes from understanding the emotional layers that make us who we are. It is a space that honors complexity, resilience, and the quiet courage it takes to rebuild yourself from the inside out.

Layers of Harmony® is both a therapeutic practice and a personal statement.
Healing is possible. Transformation is real. No one is too complicated to be understood.

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When I am not in the office, I spend my time in ways that feel grounding and meaningful. I am a lifelong musician, and playing guitar or piano is one of the easiest ways for me to reconnect with myself. I love reading and learning, and I am always looking for a new coffee to try. I feel most at home in quiet places surrounded by nature and animals, and I value the slow, restorative moments I share with my husband. These are the parts of my life that keep me centered.

Education & Training

PhD in Mind–Body Medicine (in progress)
Saybrook University, Pasadena, CA

MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
University of the Southwest, Hobbs, NM
CACREP Accredited, magna cum laude, 4.0 GPA

BA in Communications
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT

Professional Memberships
Psi Chi, International Honor Society in Psychology
American Counseling Association (ACA)
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)

Certified Health Coach (INHC)
Institute for Integrative Nutrition

Certified Clinical and Transpersonal Hypnotherapist
Institute of Interpersonal Hypnotherapy

Certified Meditation Teacher
McLean Meditation Institute

Certified RTT® Practitioner
Rapid Transformational Therapy® Training Program