I am a creative arts therapist and am involved in research in the field. I am devoted to curiosity, inquiry, and experimentation in the creative arts therapies and kinesthetically oriented approaches to mental health counseling.

I’m also an actor and have a lifelong background and rigorous training in the theatre. My passion for the art form is what I bring to all the work I do, and I believe the craft is capable of transforming lives and fortifying resilience when applied skillfully and with intention. I work in all creative arts modalities, though my practice largely is informed by the vitality of the theatre, the structure and transformational freedom of acting technique, the philosophies of dramatic theory, the making of meaning through expressive language and creative storytelling, and the ultimate finding of our connections with universality through artmaking in any form. In the therapeutic process, I’m interested in engaging with a person’s entire physical presence; helping people find spontaneity, ease, and safety in their bodies; sparking a person’s natural ability to imagine playfully and uninhibitedly; and co-creating a supportive, reliable environment for the release of vocal and musculoskeletal tension to reveal and/or foster a person’s authentic self.

I’ve worked with clients and students of most all ages as both a therapist and a teacher and have trained in various acting and physical theatre techniques as well as the Alexander Technique and Fitzmaurice Voicework®. I’m certified in Toxic Stress Reduction and Compassion Care. I am an endorsed practitioner of Rainbowdance®, an early-childhood music and movement program created by Dicki Macy of the Boston Children’s Foundation.