Education & Experience

I have an MA in Mental Health Counseling from Marist College in Poughkeepsie NY My Counseling career started with adolescence using expressive arts therapy in the counseling session. It was a great job. I really loved those kids. Art is an amazing therapy tool for expressing emotions. I transitioned to working with adults in residential addiction treatment. Some of the facilities I was gifted to work at were Mountainside in Canaan, Ct, this is where my love for mindfulness and yoga started. I also learned a lot about adventure based counseling and how to counsel while on a high ropes course. I took a leap and was program director of a 24 bed residential program for Woman called Florence Manor, part of Mid Hudson Addiction and Recovery Centers (MARC). This is where a started my first on site Yoga program. I loved helping women get their lives back. I have experience running a detox for HONOR recovery and learned so much about severe mental health. I moved to Florida to work with an executive program called Headwaters at Hanley Center in West Palm Beach. I loved the team I worked with and have many fond memories of my time there. This is where I was trained in EMDR and I began to see the profound changes people would experience. EMDR takes the sting and charge out of traumatic experiences. They are no longer painful to talk about. During the Pandemic I moved to NC to live with one of my daughters. I continued to work with the executive population at Welwynn outpatient center in Raleigh, NC. Currently I have started a private practice, Insights - Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy in Wilmington, NC. Focusing on helping people heal from trauma and addictions in person and remotely. I am currently pending EMDR certification.