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, fellow mental health professionals, parents of neurodivergent children, 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. Also accept out of network and private pay.

  • 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.

  • I will consider working with teens 14+ on a case by case basis

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:

  • Exploring and learning about neurodivergent identity

  • Developing executive functioning skills and strategies

  • Identifying emotions and underlying your own 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 past hurts and trauma

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 formal 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)

  • Treatment for active eating disorders or addiction concerns

  • Treatment for OCD, altered states or psychosis, plural identities, or extreme disocciative states

Want to work together?

Finding the right therapist matters. If my approach and areas of focus seem like a good fit, the next step is to check my current availability and submit an inquiry.

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