About Me & My Approach

My journey into this work began long before I became an occupational therapist.

I grew up with a father who lived with multiple sclerosis, and I saw firsthand how even the simplest everyday tasks can become challenging when your body doesn’t work the way you expect it to. That experience shaped me deeply. It taught me empathy, patience, and the importance of looking beyond what we see on the surface.

It also helped lead me to occupational therapy—a profession that sees the whole person and recognizes that everyone deserves support in participating in the things that matter most to them.

For the past 14 years, I have worked as a pediatric occupational therapist across a variety of settings, supporting children with diverse developmental, sensory, emotional, and physical needs. Along the way, I began to see a common thread:

Children thrive when they feel safe, understood, connected, and supported.

And their parents need that support, too.

As a pediatric OT and ADHD specialist, I have seen how challenging it can be for parents to understand their child’s behavior, sensory needs, emotional responses, and regulation challenges—especially when traditional parenting advice doesn’t seem to work.

I created my parent coaching practice to give parents a place to feel seen rather than judged, supported rather than overwhelmed, and empowered rather than unsure.

My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity. Instead of asking, “How do we get this behavior to stop?” I help parents explore, “What is my child communicating, and what might they need?”

Mindfulness has also become an important part of both my personal life and my professional work. For more than a decade, I have studied and practiced mindfulness, yoga, nervous system regulation, and body-based approaches. I often find myself wishing I had learned these tools as a child—how to recognize what was happening in my body, understand my emotions, and have practical ways to navigate stress and overwhelm.

That wish continues to inspire the work I do today.

I believe children don’t need to be “fixed.” They need to be understood, supported, and given tools that help them build self-awareness, confidence, resilience, and connection.

And I believe parents deserve those tools, too.

Today, I bring together my experience as an occupational therapist with my training in ADHD, mindfulness, yoga, therapeutic movement, and nervous-system-informed care to support children and the parents who love them.

My goal is simple: to help families understand themselves and one another with more compassion—and to give them practical tools to navigate life with greater confidence and connection.

Because sometimes, meaningful change begins when we stop asking, “What’s wrong?” and start asking, “What do you need?”

• Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy
• Helping Anxious Kids: A Certification Training on Anxiety Treatment for Children & Adolescents specializing in adolescents
• ADHD-Certified Rehabilitation Services Provider (ADHD-RSP)
• Training in the The Mindful Sensations Therapeutic Approach
• “Powerfully You” Provider
• Certified SMHP Therapist- Tier 1
• Kids Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Certification
• Chair Yoga Training Certification
• Restorative Yoga Teacher Training Certification
• 200 hour yoga teacher training & registration through Yoga Alliance