About Me

Although I welcome everyone and their pets, I have personal experience with mental health, autism/ADHD, LGBTQ+ issues, animals, PTSD, and depression.  

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Music in oboe performance. My personal struggles with health and wellness eventually led me to a career in holistic medicine with humans. This vision of helping others expanded to include working with animals after using BodyTalk with my own elderly dog.

Growing up gay and on the autism spectrum in rural Georgia was a challenging experience.  I was frequently on the outside of people and things in an uncomfortable way.  I bring this lens of compassion into my practice to help bring a message of hope for others. 

I am open about my sexual orientation and autism/ADHD experience so that others can find a practitioner they truly relate with.  My aim is to raise awareness about alternative and complimentary treatment strategies for releasing stored trauma and coping with daily living.

Pictured on the right is Pixie, who was my first animal client and childhood pet. Pixie is just in my lap because she was so cute! She’s not actually receiving a BodyTalk session. She was 17 when I started using BodyTalk techniques with her. She was so unwell that I had little hope of it helping, but was at loss of what else to do. Over the next few weeks, her energy levels and appetite started to improve. Her skin was less red and irritated.  She grew back some of the hair that she had been losing. The presence came back into her eyes.  

It was not always easy and she did eventually pass on about a year later, shortly before what would have been her 18th birthday. But I know that we got more time with Pixie because of the BodyTalk and that she was more at ease at the end of her life. Her legacy lives on through my continuing work with animals.