About Your Therapist
I grew up hiding beneath layers of masks.
For years, I masked who I truly was. I over-functioned, pushed my needs aside, and tried to fit into a world that wasn’t designed for me. I numbed, I adapted, I survived. Over time, I began to unlearn those patterns. I started listening to my body, honoring my differences, and reclaiming the parts of myself that had been silenced. I realized I wasn’t broken…I was navigating a world that often doesn’t hold neurodivergent or highly sensitive people.
This journey shapes everything I bring to my work. I specialize in supporting neurodivergent women and queer folks, parents, caregivers in healing family-of-origin trauma, mother wounds, birth trauma, and the patterns that leave us carrying anger, grief, or emotional exhaustion. I work with those who feel deeply, think intensely, and sometimes struggle to reconcile their unique wiring with a world that isn’t always built to understand it.
I’m queer, AuDHD, a first-generation immigrant settler from the Middle East, the eldest daughter, a mother, chronically ill and a survivor of complex trauma. My lived experience informs my work, and I bring compassion, attunement, and a belief in your capacity to heal.
You are not broken. You are not too much. You are here to be fully, unapologetically you — and that is exactly what this work is for.
Licenses:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker:
Maine - #LC23436
North Carolina - #C015325
Out-of-State Independent Social Worker Telehealth Provider:
South Carolina - TLS 931 CP
Education:
Master of Social Work | Concentration in Integrated Healthcare
————> Western Carolina University - 2020
Bachelor of Art in Psychology | Minor in Outdoor Leadership
————> Warren Wilson College - 2016
Experience
Certifications
Brainspotting Practitioner - Level 1
Alternatives for Families (AF-CBT)
Clinical Experience:
Therapist on the Integrated Child Welfare team supporting families on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians reservation on the Qualla Boundary
Wilderness therapist for AFAB adolescents in the Pisgah National Forest
Clinical intern at a psychiatric crisis stabilization unit for children + teens in downtown Asheville, North Carolina
Intern at a residential treatment center for pregnant + parenting women struggling with substance abuse
Mentor for AFAB adolescents at a residential treatment center + wilderness therapy program