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About Me
My journey from midwifery to psychiatry reflects a deep belief in our innate capacity for transformation-
and in the body's inherent intelligence. I have a diverse nursing background ranging from end-of-life care to oncology, respiratory and neurology. I spent 20+ years attending births. Supporting people through life's most profound transitions, I discovered my calling to facilitate psychological and spiritual growth. I'm a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with advanced training from Vanderbilt University and a fellowship in integrative psychiatry.
My Practice at a Glance:
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, MSN, APRN, PMHNP,
Realization Process Therapist and Somatic Guide
Education
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Vanderbilt University, MSN/PMHNP
Additional Credentials
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Certificate from Integrative Psychiatry Institute 2024
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Certificate from Trauma Resource Institute, Trauma Resiliency Model 2023
Available both in-person and online
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 606-1203.
Come as you are, ready to explore new possibilities.
Discover more choices beyond the limits you believe, opening pathways to greater wholeness and authentic living.
Evidence-based, adjunctive, nutritional psychiatry, lifestyle, alternatives and complementary interventions used in conjunction with pharmaceuticals as needed.
One year fellowship through Integrative Psychiatry Institute.
Gain objectivity and relate to thoughts and beliefs in a way that allows you to move toward what is important to you. Be available to live a more fulfilling life by taking action toward your values and goals.
Completion of Activating Psychological Flexibility for Anxiety, Trauma, and Emotional Dysregulation.
Practices compiled by Judith Blackstone designed to unify inner and outer experience through the body's subtle perceptions of being. Gently release emotional constrictions and trauma held in the body with practices that help cultivate stability and embodied awakening. This allows fundamental consciousness to pervade and resource our experience and frees us to experience and flexibly respond to what is. From here, we are a more authentic, creative expression of yourself.
Completion of multiple intensives (130+ hours), fully certified Realization Process Treacher, Certified Psychotherapy
A mindfulness meditation system developed by Shinzen Young that offers structured clear techniques that are applicable both in formal meditation and for daily life. It supports concentration, disentangling from confusion and overwhelm by tracking moment-to-moment experiences, and allowing experiences to pass through without getting stuck. Meditators at every level can bring focus and flexibility into everyday life.
This is a body-mind therapeutic modality developed by Brent Baum in the 1990's. Holographic memory is rooted in the idea that memory mirrors are stored throughout the body, not just in one brain area. By accessing the encoding moment and reframing the emotional charge connected to a memory, we can reframe and reduce the charge of a memory to shift the feeling of the experience. Without "re-living" trauma, the method uses visualization and imagery and verbal focus to support integration with this client-centered approach. You are empowered as the source of healing. Results can be quick yet gentle resolution of physical and psychological pain.
TRM is a body-based approach that helps you understand and gently shift your nervous system responses to stress and past trauma. Instead of focusing on retelling difficul experiences, TRM guides you to notice what's happening in your body and use simple skills to restore balance. These tools help reduce overwhelm, calm triggers, and build lasting resilience. TRM supports you in feeling more grounded, regulated, and empowered in your daily life.
Values and Approach
My holistic approach addresses the broad spectrum of human well-being, moving beyond symptom management to explore the deeper patterns that shape our lives. I honor your inherent wisdom and ask for your insights in our collaborative process. Together, we'll clarify your values and allow authentic unfolding at your pace, utilizing somatic and neuroscience-informed modalities, all with responsive attunement.
My primary focus is empowering you in your natural growth capacity. I encourage skills to access your innate wisdom.
Through body-mind approaches and evidence-based interventions that support trauma resolution and behavioral change, we invite the conditions where limiting patterns can transform and lasting healing emerges. Connecting to conditioning stored in the nervous system, there's space for profound realization of a fuller, more satisfying life. I integrate therapeutic methods, lifestyle enhancements, medication management, gentle, physiologically responsive de-prescribing, and embodied spiritual growth practices. It's a container where healing naturally unfolds.
My practice centers on helping motivated individuals recognize and shift beliefs and patterns that no longer serve them.