I work with women in their 20s — young adults in school weighed down by the stress of balancing it all, recent college grads figuring out what “real” life actually looks like, people finishing grad school while trying to hold everything together, women a few years into their first career jobs realizing the anxiety they thought would go away once they “got their life together” just… didn’t. A lot of my clients are dealing with the particular exhaustion of being young right now: the pressure, the uncertainty, the feeling that everyone else has it figured out and you’re the only one barely keeping it together.

If you’re technically doing fine but feel like you’re running on fumes, second-guessing yourself, or just not okay in a way you can’t quite explain… that’s who I work with.

Anxiety is the most common thread… especially the kind that’s hard to name because you’re still showing up, still functioning, still getting things done. That plus perfectionism, people-pleasing, overthinking, shame, emotional dysregulation, trouble concentrating, navigating big life transitions (graduating, starting a new job, moving somewhere new, relationship shifts), academic stress, burnout, and the type of depression that looks more like numbness/exhaustion than sadness. This includes identity exploration and questions that come up around queerness, sexuality, and what it means to figure out who you are in your 20s.

I also have a background in addictions and work with clients who have complicated relationships with substances, sex, and/or technology. Usually, this isn’t to the level of needing a crisis intervention, but is definitely part of the larger picture of why someone feels the way they feel.

Nope! Individual adult women only.

I have an office in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. I also see clients via telehealth, and we can mix & match depending on your schedule and what’s working. If you’re not in Asheville, telehealth works just as well for most of what we’d be doing together.

I’m licensed in North Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia. Telehealth clients need to be physically located in one of those three states during our sessions.

The best way to find out is to send me an email or website inquiry and ask! Spots open periodically and I try to respond to new inquiries within a few business days.

I can provide a monthly superbill (basically a receipt with the right billing codes) that you can submit to your insurance for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Whether that gets you money back depends on your specific plan, so it’s worth calling your insurance to ask about out-of-network mental health benefits before we start.

$200 for a 60-minute session.

Reach out through the contact page or send me an email and we’ll set up a free 15-minute consultation call. It’s just a casual conversation… I’ll ask what’s bringing you to therapy, you can ask me whatever you want, and we’ll figure out if we seem like a good fit for each other... No pressure either way!

Mostly the first session is me getting to know you. This includes: what’s been going on that has felt hard, what you’ve tried before, what you’re hoping for, what works well for you. You definitely don’t need to have it organized or clearly articulated. From there, we’ll start figuring out together what we’re working on and how.

I’m trained in several evidence-based approaches and pull from them based on what’s actually useful for a given client/situation: EMDR, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), DBT skills, IFS (Internal Family Systems), Motivational Interviewing, and CBT for specific skills work. I don’t think any one modality is the answer for everyone…. That said, I tend toward approaches that are active and skills-focused rather than just open-ended talk therapy. The goal is that things actually change!

Not really. CBT is the most commonly recommended therapy, which means it’s also what most people have already tried when they come to me. If CBT didn’t seem effective in navigating the anxiety or your other patterns, there are usually good reasons for that. & That’s often where EMDR, IFS, or ACT becomes more useful. We’d talk about what you’ve tried before and approach things differently.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured therapy for processing trauma and stuck emotional experiences... it sounds weirder than it is. The research support is strong, and it can move things that years of talking haven’t touched. Not everyone needs it, but if your anxiety/stress feels rooted in specific experiences, or you’ve done a lot of insight-focused therapy without things actually shifting, it’s worth considering. We’d figure out together whether it makes sense for you.

It depends on what you’re working on and what you want! Some clients come for a focused stretch of a few months to address something specific. Others stay longer because life keeps happening and having a consistent space for it is useful. There’s no predetermined timeline. We go at whatever pace makes sense and check in along the way.

Nope! Some of the clients I work with don’t have (or want) a formal diagnosis, while others are either adjusting to a recent diagnosis or have lived with it for years.

That’s a normal thing to be uncertain about! The 15-minute consult is a low-stakes way to figure that out. You don’t have to have your problems clearly defined… “I just don’t feel right” is enough to start.