About

I am excited you visited here!

Check out my services of therapy, coaching, and speaking.

Here's MY why:

I experienced extreme neglect, abuse, and long-term trauma as a child that crept well into sectors of my adult life.

I grew up in and out of foster care from a home that was substantiated on for emotional and psychological abuse, among other 11 other case investigation findings. Beyond that, as those who have touched it know, foster care is always a life-changing experience!

Too long in my life I held onto the misconception that life was meant to be easy, and it limited my healing.

But now, from my professional and personal experience, I've learned that my desire to earn an easy life is a lie I lived in too long. The real truth is that inevitably life is tough, but so am I. The same is true for you.

Now, I have a mission to not let my story or anyone else's end in darkness but rather find hope through the challenges we have faced.

I believe in

finding hope!

Everyone Has a Story

My childhood bedroom.

Here's Mine

I am a successful survivor of childhood abuse and neglect.
I have a testimony of physical, emotional, & spiritual healing.
I am one of an estimated 12 million former foster kids in the US.
I am one of the tens of thousands of foster/adoptive parents.
I am a licensed master social worker with almost 20 years of experience working with youth & families.
I am Christan woman of faith in a great GOD.
I have worked in education (k-12), foster care, mental health & private practice.
I learned the importance of sharing my story from a different light.
I aim to give voice to the broken, traumatized, hurt.
I see value and dignity in all people.
I am the believer of better.
I am a survivor of head injury trauma.
I see little moments having BIG impacts
I want to influence the next generations by supporting, inspiring and healing the adults that influence them daily!

My Professional Story:

My experience is in child protective/foster care services, education and mental health services.

I work to inspire and motivate others to grasp their own form of hope.
I have a passion to speak life and hope into lives of those hurting.
I am expert in topics relating to trauma, self-care, mental health, & relational communication.
I provide therapeutic services through my private practice clinic.
I am author of the nationally published book: Finding Hope: The 12 Keys to Healing Hardship, Hurt, and Sorrow.
I work as a school based social worker, Trust Based Relational Intervention Practitioner, and certified Accelerated Resolution Therapist.
I married my high school sweetheart in 2007. We have two amazing kids and were foster/adoptive parents.
We reside in the great, central state of Kansas with a love of Christ, family, pets, and beautiful sunsets.