My personal journey has involved spinning a web circumambulating around psychology, art, and astrology - the fine silk lines dictating a narrative, "to teach, heal, and create." I have an incessant curiosity for finding the "Self." I am deeply concerned with living an authentic life and always the one at the party who is "too deep." My own creative process has multiple branches into a variety of mediums and I value the tending of creativity as a dynamic ebb and flow that shifts throughout life. Creative endeavors and exploring the inner realm of consciousness form an ongoing process that I live daily. 

 

Two decades ago I found astrology and personality inventories like the Myers-Briggs and the Enneagram to be identity development tools that helped me understand my relationship to myself and to others. I became fascinated by the systems that offered organizational frameworks for the qualitative experiences of life. I studied psychology and art in college. A professor in my theories of psychotherapy class off-handedly labeled me a "Jungian" in the classroom, and it stuck. I created a visual map of Jung's psyche as part of a final paper that included elements such as the ego, persona, dreams, archetypes, and complexes. Little did I know how little I knew. 

​

I pursued graduate studies in art therapy and clinical psychology at Adler University in downtown Chicago. I spent several years with homeless teenage mothers and individuals experiencing homelessness and schizophrenia, trying to gather psychological research and use assessment tools to help underprivileged populations. I gained psychotherapy experience at an outpatient private practice where I treated individuals with eating disorders using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and art therapy. I also led body image, eating disorder, and art therapy support groups for adults and worked as an art therapist in several lower-income elementary and high schools in Chicago. While in my art therapy masters program, my "Jungian" self slipped through the "Adlerian" gates and I wrote an art therapy thesis paper, "Natal Charts and Mandala Making to Increase Self Awareness in Individuals with Eating Disorders." 

 

Since 2012, I have specialized in the treatment of eating disorders, mood disorders, and trauma at partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care, utilizing IFS and art therapy along with other trauma-informed modalities. I have facilitated numerous groups focusing on body image, art therapy, somatic mindfulness, recovery skills/resources, family and relationships, psychodrama, and relapse prevention. I draw on 10 years of clinical experience with people of all ages in various clinical settings. I am licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Oregon and Colorado a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Hawai'i. I have also completed the hours to become a registered art therapist (ATR) through the American Art Therapy Association. 

​

I became interested in expanding my studies on psyche/soul and completed an MA/PhD in Depth Psychology with a focus on Jungian and Archetypal Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2022. In my dissertation, Active Imagination and Archetypal Astrology in C. G. Jung's Black Books, I explored how archetypal movements are present the imaginal realm. During my time at Pacifica I gained knowledge and practical experience working with dreams and active imagination. These became vitally important tools I integrated into my practice to help my clients other connect to their inner wisdom and guidance. I am currently accruing psychoanalytic hours with an intended goal of applying to Jungian psychoanalytic training. 

 

I hold a diploma (120+ hours) in archetypal astrology and cosmology from the Institute of Transpersonal and Archetypal Studies in New York City where I studied with mentors in the field of archetypal cosmology and transpersonal psychology.  I have been offering archetypal astrological coaching and consulting for over 10 years. I have been invited to be a guest astrologer at holotropic breathwork sessions and astrology seminars through Stanilav Grof's Legacy Project. I am also a contributing astrologer and author to the field of archetypal astrology through various platforms.