Background
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of New Mexico. I am an EMDR clinician and have completed Levels I and II Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. As an LMHC, I work under the clinical supervision of a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor.
I’ve been a helping professional for over twenty-five years. I started out as a home-visit caregiver and companion to individuals who were disabled, chronically ill, or at end of life; and as a doula, providing psychosocial and practical support to clients during childbirth. In the early 2000’s I went to theological school, and became an ordained minister in the Unitarian Universalist tradition. For fifteen years, I led a large, progressive, and theologically diverse congregation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Over the years, I provided interfaith pastoral counseling to a wide range of people: from atheists to the fervently religious; people of all ages and socioeconomic statuses; people in prisons, hospices, hospitals, and homes; people of many identities and orientations. In 2022, I decided to deepen and expand my skills by working toward becoming a licensed therapist. As part of my Masters in Counseling program, I completed a 100 hour practicum at Cottonwood Counseling and 600 hours of clinical counseling internship at You, Me, & Therapy, both in Albuquerque.
In 2025, I received licensure and transitioned to work as a therapist. It is deeply rewarding to weave this broad experience into the practice of psychotherapy!
Identity
When you’re looking for a therapist, it is natural to wonder about a clinician’s identity, whether because you hope to relate more easily with someone who has certain things in common with you, or because you are looking for a different perspective. I am a white, cis-gender, queer woman. I grew up in and struggled in the lower class before winning a scholarship to an Ivy League school as a young adult. (That was quite a culture shock!) English is my first language, but I am also fluent in Spanish and am the mother of two bilingual, bicultural, multiracial humans. I have a hidden disability, meaning most people do not perceive it, but it is part of my everyday life. I am a member of the Reform Jewish community.
These identities have helped attune me to a range of human experiences, and structures both seen and unseen in our society. Yet I do not know everything. I practice humility and ongoing, active learning in and beyond my role as therapist.
Education and Training
Master of Arts, Counseling, New Mexico Highlands University (2025)
Practicum in Clinical Counseling, 100 hours, Cottonwood Counseling, Albuquerque, NM (2024).
Internship in Clinical Counseling, 600 hours, You, Me, & Therapy, Albuquerque, NM (2024-25).
Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Levels I and II, by the Gottman Institute (2025)
EMDR Virtual Training: Integrating EMDR into your Clinical Practice (I & II), an EMDRIA approved course provided by EMDR Consulting, (2024-25)
Master of Divinity, with a special concentration in Buddhism, Harvard University (2010)
Chaplaincy Internship (“Clinical Pastoral Education,” 400 hours), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA (2006-07)
“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.”
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