Who I Help

Quick Summary - TLDR

I’m a best fit for adults looking for individual therapy in person in Decorah or via telehealth throughout Iowa that identify as ADHD/autistic/AuDHD/Highly Sensitive/gifted/trauma survivors/people pleasers/burn out/anxious or high masking. I especially like working with college students, parents and newly diagnosed individuals.

I am LGBTQ+ affirming and welcome clients of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Modalities: Internal Family Systems, Brainspotting, Nervous System Informed Therapy, Mindfulness, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, CBT

Hours: Monday, Tuesday & Thursdays 8:00am-4:30pm (In person on Monday & Tuesday only)

Insurance: In network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Optum, United Healthcare, UMR

Not a fit if you need: Couples/Family counseling, court related services, crisis services and after hours availability, multiple sessions per week, neuropsych testing.

I Work With Adults Who

  • Have ADHD and/or are autistic, were recently diagnosed, or question if these may fit for them

  • Feel anxious, overwhelmed, or chronically burned out

  • Have been labeled as gifted or highly sensitive

  • Struggle with social connection or feeling like they fit in

  • Feel like they are somehow “too much” and “not enough” at the same time.

  • Have experienced trauma, abuse, or difficult relational experiences

  • Are navigating strained relationships with family of origin or past partners

  • Want support understanding patterns that have developed over time

  • Experience hormonal mood changes, including PMDD, PME, perimenopause

  • Live with complex or chronic medical conditions and have experienced dismissal or delayed diagnosis

    • Examples include autoimmunce conditions, digestive disorders, MCAS, POTS, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, fibromyalgia, or similar conditions.

Specialty Populations

I have extensive experience with and particularly enjoy working with the following groups of people and supporting common needs that arise:

Neurodivergent parents of neurodivergent children

  • Exploring impacts of own neurodivergent traits on parenting skills

  • Improving executive functioning skills in order to be able to parent in the way they prefre

  • Nervous system education and regulation to help support their children’s regulation

  • Cycle breakers wanting to provide a better parenting approach than what they received

  • Navigating advocacy

  • Burnout & overstimulation

  • Managing competing needs

College Students:

  • I worked for 7 years in a college counseling center.

  • I love supporting young adults as they discover their passions and who they are in the world, on their own.

  • Helping develop executive functioning skills:

    • Time management

    • Goal setting

    • Tracking and prioritizing assignments

    • Balancing classes, homework, employment, and personal time

  • Reflecting on values and identity

  • Navigating relationships

Therapists and Other Helping Professionals:

  • Feeling drained from holding space for others all day

  • Compassion fatigue

  • Struggling with impacts of ADHD or other neurodivergent traits on work tasks

  • Using emotions that arise in sessions as trailheads to your own inner work

  • Exploring imposter syndrome

  • Needing time to slow down and connect and process your own emotions

  • Creating work/life balance

  • Being able to process the therapists own issues without fear of judgment or as if one should have all the answers

I may be a good fit if you’re looking to work on:

  • Developing executive functioning skills and strategies

  • Identifying emotions and underlying needs

  • Setting boundaries and strengthening communication skills

  • Understanding nervous system responses and developing regulation strategies

  • Developing self-accommodations that support daily functioning

  • Noticing and planning for cyclical patterns in mood, energy, or capacity

  • Building insight into patterns and connections across life experiences

  • Processing trauma related to previous relatoinships

I May Not Be the Best Fit If You Are Looking For:

  • Crisis sessions or on-call support

  • Multiple therapy sessions per week

  • Neuropsychological testing or documentation for certain things

  • Couples or family therapy

  • Court involved services such as custody evaluations or court-ordered substance use treatment

  • Highly structured or worksheet-driven therapy

  • Religious based counseling (I welcome clients of all faiths and belief systems and respect clients’ use of religious or spiritual practices to support their well-being but I am not the right fit if seeking therapy which actively comes from a religious lens)

Next Step:

If this description resonates with you, the next step is to check out my current availability on the contact page and submit an inquiry form.

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