You don’t need another place to perform

You spend enough time being capable, composed, helpful, responsible, and “fine.”

Therapy is where you get to tell the truth about what all of that has been costing you.

Together, we'll get curious about the experiences, beliefs, relationships, and patterns that shaped how you learned to move through the world—and help you create a life that reflects who you are, what you value, and who God created you to be.

See If We're a Good Fit

You might be really good at looking okay.

You've built a life. You handle your responsibilities. You show up for people. You get things done.

And most people probably have no idea how much thought, effort, anxiety, preparation, or self-sacrifice goes into keeping everything running — I do.

Maybe you're exhausted from thinking ten steps ahead. Maybe saying “no” sends you into a spiral of guilt. Maybe you're constantly questioning whether you're doing enough—or doing it well enough. Maybe you know exactly what everyone else needs but struggle to answer the question, “What do I need?” Or maybe nothing is necessarily “wrong.”

You just know living like this no longer feels right.

And that… is more than enough reason to come to therapy.

Here’s the journey

First.

understand how you got here.

You didn't wake up one morning and randomly decide to become an overthinker, perfectionist, people-pleaser, hyper-independent problem solver. There's a story underneath your patterns.

Together, we explore the experiences, relationships, roles, beliefs, and environments that taught you what you needed to do to feel safe, valuable, loved, successful, or “good.” That may include childhood experiences, attachment patterns, family dynamics, church experiences, loss, trauma, relationships, cultural expectations, or messages you've internalized along the way.

We’re not digging in your past to stay there. We’re learning from it, so it doesn’t keep deciding your future.

Second..

understand what’s happening now..

Once you can recognize the pattern, you can start catching it while it's happening. This is where we get curious about your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, nervous-system responses, triggers, assumptions, and the stories you automatically tell yourself. This is what I call the "Why Phase".

Why did that interaction make you feel rejected or inadequate?
Why does rest make you anxious and uncomfortable?
Why does someone's disappointment immediately make you second guess (or sometimes go back on) your decision?
Why did a perfectly normal email somehow become a 45-minute mental spiral?

Awareness gives us information. And information gives you choices. You know the saying "Know better; do better?"

Here, the motto is "Know different; choose different".

Third…

practice living differently

This is where therapy moves beyond insight. We take what you've learned and practice using it in your actual life.

That might mean…

Setting a boundary without explaining, adjusting, and/or caving immediately after.
Resting by choice, not because your body forced you to.
Allowing someone to be disappointed without immediately trying to fix it.
Communicating what you need.
Feeling an emotion instead of judging yourself for having it or pretending it isn't there.
Taking the baby step even when anxiety wants certainty first.
Making a decision and trusting yourself enough to let it stand.
Learning that discomfort doesn't automatically mean you've done something wrong.

And before you know it, these aren't just “therapy skills" anymore. They've become your new lifestyle.

Okay, but what do I mean by “faith-based”?

It means that faith gets to be part of your healing without becoming the only explanation for what you’re experiencing. I’m not going to tell you “just pray about it”, assume every struggle is a spiritual problem, or force scripture into any and every conversation just because it sounds good.

Instead, we make space for both clinical wisdom and biblical truth. We might explore your attachment experiences influence how you relate to God. We may use scripture to challenge a belief that is contributing to fear, shame, anxiety, and/or perfectionism. We’ll talk about the difference between conviction and guilt, stewardship and over-functioning, rest and avoidance, surrender and passivity, and literally any other lines that have been blurred or confusing.

And sometimes? We won’t even talk about faith at all.

Faith integration is in response to you and your needs — not something we perform or force.

When I say, you don’t need another space to perform, that means you don’t have to perform Christianity here, either.

Bring your faith. Bring your questions. Bring your frustration. Bring the parts of your relationship with God you're still figuring out.

All of you gets to take up space.

The therapy relationship

Therapy with me is warm, collaborative, curious, and often hilarious because sometimes you really do have to laugh through it all (oh, and dark humor is welcome just like every other aspect of you).

I’m not here to judge you, lecture you, or tell you how to live your life. You probably already have enough people in your life doing that. However!! I’m not going to let you spend six months NOT working toward your therapy goals. We take baby steps, not nonexistent steps.

I’ll challenge you when it’s helpful, support you when it’s hard (and trust me, living different gets HARD), celebrate your progress — especially the small ones, and help you build enough trust in yourself that, eventually, you won’t even need me!

The goal isn’t to be “good” at therapy — that’s high-achiever talk. The goal is for you to be confident, intentional, and aligned while you live the life God created you to live.

What does progress look like?

The most common misconception is “When I finish therapy, I’ll never know struggle again. Life will be perfect!” Close, but not quite. Healing doesn’t mean that life stops life-ing — it means you approach life making the next best decision for yourself, even when it’s hard.

You’re going to have hard seasons. People are going to disappoint you. Work will get busy. Grief will show up. You’re going to make mistakes. Sometimes, you’ll be on a hot streak, slip up, and be like “dang, I just worked through this!”. Regardless of what happens, that isn’t what matters. What matters is what you do next.

You start to notice the pattern sooner. You recover differently. You ask for what you need or give yourself permission to do what you need. You don’t automatically abandon yourself because someone else is uncomfortable. You trust your decisions. You rest when life gets busy instead of waiting until everything is finished. You make mistakes without turning them into evidence about your worth or defamation of your character. You know when something is yours to take care of and when it’s okay to let it be. Eventually, you’ll be sitting across from me saying:

“Life is actually really good right now. I don’t even know what to talk about today.”

And we’ll celebrate because we both know exactly what that means.

I currently offer in-person sessions in Murfreesboro, TN, as well as virtual sessions for Tennessee residents.
The initial intake session is 60 minutes. All other sessions will be 50 minutes.
Standard Session Rate: $125
Reduced consistent-care rate available for recurring sessions on a weekly cadence.
I am available Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 9 am-4 pm, with the last session slot being 3 pm. To receive the consistent care rate, you must schedule and attend sessions weekly. If you miss more than three sessions on the weekly cadence (e.g., canceling or scheduling two weeks out), your fee will return to the standard $125 rate until weekly sessions are scheduled and attended.
I am currently a private-pay provider and do not accept insurance directly. Upon request, I can provide a superbill for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
Payment is due at the time of service and processed through the secure client portal. HSA/FSA cards are accepted.
A valid card on file is required for all clients.
I am currently an Associate Licensed Professional Counselor. This means I am currently under supervision until I complete the required hours to obtain full licensure.
When meeting with my supervisor, your identity stays confidential, but your story is shared to ensure I am capable and confident in providing the most efficient care possible during our sessions.

Let’s Talk Logistics

You don’t have to wait until everything falls apart.

You don’t need a crisis to justify wanting your life to feel different. You don’t have to be “lacking” to want more. You can simply be ready to understand yourself more deeply, heal what needs tending, and become more intentional about how you want to live.

You already know how to keep going. Let’s make sure you’re building a life you actually want to keep going in.