I have a Master of Clinical Social Work, currently licensed as an ACSW, LCSW in both Florida and North Carolina. I am also a Certified Art Healer. In addition to treating clients in a private practice setting for nearly ten years, I worked for many years in a nonprofit setting, and as an elementary school counselor. I have worked at a Hospice Children's Program, at an inpatient psychiatric hospital, and as an Emergency Room Patient Advocate at The Cleveland Clinic in Stuart, FL. I served as an individual therapist to students and teachers directly affected by the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, and I am currently working with students and teachers affected by the school mass shooting in Uvalde, TX. I am a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). I volunteer teaching art therapy to residents of Transformation Village of Buncombe County, I manage a Question and Answer Page at a nonprofit organization called Arms Around Autism Spectrum Disorder. For many years I was a member of the International Critical Incident Stress Management Team, which provides trauma and crisis intervention to first responders following disasters and other traumatic events. I have been a Disaster First Responder, was part of the Disaster Action Team, and a Shelter Manager for the American Red Cross for over ten years.
