I’ve always been interested in how we feel emotions and perceive the world around us. Why does one person see a dog and get scared, and another person doesn’t? These types of questions ran through my mind all the time. I loved to help people, and wondered if psychology was the way to combine my natural interest in the brain and do some good in the world. Spoiler alert, it was!

Throughout college, I explored internships in private practice, nonprofit primary prevention curriculum development, and finally in a partial hospitalization program for those with significant mental health issues. This was my first time working with adults and teens with OCD/Anxiety. It was energizing, and seeing people make measurable progress was beyond rewarding. Throughout graduate school, I focused on anxiety disorders and landed my next year-long internship at a specialized anxiety disorder clinic.

Working in the field for the last 5 years I started to notice gaps in what information people needed and what they had access to. I first noticed this in others who wanted to become therapists. Unfortunately, there are many misconceptions about my job, and not a lot of voices helping interested students get answers. So, I launched You Could Be A Therapist in 2023 – to help the potential therapist. 

I continue to work in the anxiety disorders specialty because I truly enjoy it. Starting my practice has allowed me to make evidence based counseling even more accessible in my community through the “community based sessions” I offer. I hope to be doing this work for many years to come.