My first career was actually advertising, but I burned out after a decade. I'd always had an interest in psychology, in part because I grew up with anxiety, panic & depression issues that I had some great therapy.

My focus has always been on OCD, anxiety disorders & autism. My goal is be one of those therapists who provides great, evidence-based therapy that makes a meaningful difference.

Becoming an OCD specialist was a happy accident. Unfortunately, grad school never really talked about OCD or Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP), so when I interned at an intensive Anxiety & OCD program I got to learn hands-on all about OCD & ERP & basically fell in love with it. ERP has a favorable treatment rate of approximately 80%+ & I have witnessed so many people get better & take their lives back from OCD by doing ERP along with CBT & ACT.

My hyper-specialization is working with autistic adults who also struggle with OCD, which I have done since 2009. This was an even happier accident from that first internship where I met my first autistic adults trying to manage OCD. My favorite form of learning is immersion, so I spent years in the autistic community learning to be as informed as possible. As more autistic voices have surfaced, we have a much greater understanding of autism itself as well as how it can present. And in July of 2022, I was professionally assessed & identified as autistic myself! And now I also offer adult autism assessments for those in IL & OH.