You did everything right. You got good grades, finished school, and obtained a “good paying” job with room for advancement. You graduated from college and excelled in your own business. Maybe you got married or partnered up and had a family with the “American dream” of the white, picket fenced house in the suburbs or that kitsch downtown apartment in the city. Success, right?

As you’ve gotten older, traveled, experienced the depths of your emotions, the highs and the lows of living, you realize the American dream was never what you wanted.

The good job and the 9-5 life just don’t cut it for you. The corporate world leaves a lot to be desired and can be an extremely toxic space for black people. It feels as if society doesn’t value your culture, your sensitivity, and your expression.

Your academic work and professoriate places you and your work in front of influential people; your students love you.

And…you’re bored and lack motivation to be social with your friends and family. Your creativity and expressive life is less than you desire and you feel drained.

You’re constantly waking up in tears, anxious, distressed, and depressed completely dissatisfied with your living and too afraid to talk about it with your loved ones.

You feel shame because what you have is success to many; you should be grateful, right? You have everything your elders and teachers said you would need to be liberated and successful in life. Then, why do you feel so low? Where is the support for you?

The life that was prescribed for you is not the life you desire anymore if you ever really did desire it. You know there has to be a more aligned and fulfilling path for you that is inclusive of more joy and more inspired living. The answer is yes there is, and the answer lies within you.

My life was that prescribed path until I did my own work to turn it around. I’m passionate about helping individuals realize their human potential for creative and inspired living, releasing past fears, and turning their pains into joy.

As a therapist specializing in empathetic and liberation-focused work, I am dedicated to offering an emotionally safe space for those highly impactful, energetically sensitive black folks who are seeking integrative and holistic support for anxiety, depression, racial trauma, personal growth, career/life transitions, grief, trauma, and work-related stress. I’m passionate about helping individuals re-envision their lives for more aligned living that is inclusive of more inspiration and joy.

My work prioritizes Black individuals from all gender identities. For the past eight years, I have provided individual and group therapy for multicultural populations in inpatient and outpatient settings. I have over 20+ years of professional and educational experience in higher education and advising.

My work with individuals has shifted years of mental anguish, low self-esteem and low self-worth into inspired and confident living experiences. Through taking the emotional deep dive and being genuinely curious about their lives, individuals have improved their relationship to work, changed careers, and improved their social lives with partners and spouses. Most importantly, individuals have learned how to engage creativity, expression, and complimentary healing modalities with navigating their lives and how to transfer that creativity to other areas of their lives that they want to improve. The result has been a reported decrease in depressive symptoms, reduction in stress and anxiety, and improved self-confidence and self-esteem.