Online Psychotherapy for Adults
Hello
A LITTLE ABOUT MY WORK
I have practiced across multiple states and internationally, including clinical work in Japan. Along the way, I have worked with adults from varied backgrounds, identities, professions, cultures, and life experiences people navigating relationships and family dynamics, anxiety and depression, grief and loss, major life transitions, questions of identity and purpose, stress and burnout, medical and behavioral health concerns, and periods when life simply feels more complicated than it once did.
Working with people across different communities and circumstances has shaped how I understand the relationship between emotional well-being and the broader context of a person's life. Our experiences do not occur in isolation. Relationships, physical health, family, culture, work, environment, community, and the systems around us can all influence how we understand ourselves and how we respond to what is happening in our lives.
Today, I work with a limited number of adults, allowing me to give thoughtful consideration to each person's needs and whether the kind of psychotherapy I provide is a good fit for what they are seeking.
I believe that fit matters. Effective psychotherapy depends not only on clinical knowledge or a particular therapeutic approach, but also on the relationship that develops between therapist and client and whether the work we undertake together is appropriate for the person's needs and goals. When another clinician, service, or level of care would be better suited to those needs, helping someone recognize that is also part of practicing responsibly.
One principle has remained particularly important to me throughout my work:
People are more complex than the problems that bring them to therapy.
Symptoms matter. Diagnoses, clinical theory, and research can help us understand what someone is experiencing. But none of these, by themselves, fully explain a person.
We are also shaped by relationships, experiences, family, identity, responsibilities, losses, opportunities, communities, and the larger systems in which we live. Understanding how these influences intersect can help us make sense of patterns, recognize strengths, reconsider assumptions, and develop greater choice in how we respond to our circumstances.
HOW I APPROACH THERAPY
My approach to psychotherapy is relational, individualized, and evidence-informed. I draw from established clinical knowledge and therapeutic approaches while remaining attentive to the person in front of me rather than attempting to fit every experience into a single theory or framework.
I view psychotherapy as a collaborative process grounded in curiosity.
Sometimes therapy begins with a clearly defined concern. At other times, the work involves recognizing patterns that have developed over years, navigating a transition, understanding relationships, making sense of conflicting experiences, or realizing that ways of coping that once helped are no longer working as well as they once did.
For me, meaningful psychotherapy involves looking beyond what is happening to consider what may be contributing to it, what has shaped it, and what possibilities may emerge when we understand it differently.
Therapy cannot change what has already happened, nor should it dictate who someone ought to become. It can create space to better understand what has shaped us, recognize what we continue to carry, identify what remains useful and what may no longer serve us, and develop greater choice in how we move forward.
BEYOND THE THERAPY ROOM
My work has taken me far beyond the traditional therapy room. I have worked with people during moments of crisis, within hospitals and psychiatric settings, across community and healthcare systems, and through longer-term therapeutic relationships. These experiences have given me a broader understanding of the many factors that can shape well-being and of how individual experiences, relationships, communities, and the systems around us often intersect.
My interests have also led me beyond direct clinical care into teaching, research, clinical supervision, program development, and healthcare improvement. I have taught research at the collegiate level, contributed to research and community health initiatives, mentored developing clinicians, and helped develop programs and resources intended to improve care. This work has also drawn on High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles, Lean, and A3 process improvement to examine complex problems, challenge assumptions, and develop practical, sustainable solutions.
What connects these different parts of my work is less the setting than the way I approach a problem. Whether working with an individual, developing a clinical program, or examining a larger system, I value curiosity, thoughtful inquiry, and a willingness to look beyond what is immediately visible before assuming we understand what is happening.
That perspective continues to influence my clinical work. People are affected not only by what happens within them, but also by the relationships, environments, communities, and systems around them. Understanding those connections can often help us see both the problem—and the possibilities for change—more clearly.
THE PRACTICE TODAY
What began in Virginia as Mind Meld Psychotherapy eventually evolved into OSO Wellness, a multidisciplinary group practice serving individuals and families throughout the Commonwealth.
Today, OSO Wellness has intentionally returned to a smaller and more focused model. Based in Texas, I maintain a limited psychotherapy caseload that allows for greater attention to the individual work and relationships at the heart of the practice.
Today, I have chosen to keep the practice intentionally small. A limited caseload gives me the space to work thoughtfully with each person and to remain connected to a part of my profession that continues to be deeply meaningful to me. It allows the practice to be guided by the quality of the work and the therapeutic relationship rather than by growth for its own sake.
The structure of OSO Wellness has evolved, but the idea at its center has remained constant!
OUR STORIES, OURSELVES.
Our stories are more than accounts of what has happened to us. They influence the meaning we give our experiences, how we understand ourselves and others, and the possibilities we imagine for what may come next.
Psychotherapy offers a space to examine those stories with curiosity, clarity, and intention - not to rewrite the past, but to better understand its relationship to the present and develop greater choice in how we move forward.
WRITING, RESEARCH & COMMUNITY
My work outside of direct clinical practice has also included research, education, community health, professional writing, and, more recently, public writing.
I currently contribute The Next Chapter, an ongoing community series published in the Waxahachie Daily Light. The series explores community, identity, connection, place, and the stories that influence how we understand and participate in the communities around us.
Selected Work
The Next Chapter
Every Community Has a Story
Waxahachie Daily Light, July 19, 2026
What Makes Us Linger?
Waxahachie Daily Light, August 2, 2026
The Shade We Leave Behind
Waxahachie Daily Light, August 22, 2026
Community Health & Research
2022 New Kent County Community Health Assessment
Virginia Department of Health — Chickahominy Health District
Community Health Assessment Steering Committee Member