I am a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with a background in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric nursing, intensive care, and hospice. I provide psychiatric care to preteens, teens, and adults across Oregon through telehealth. These settings taught me how to connect therapeutically with people, often during the darkest and most challenging times in their lives:

• The family sitting at the bedside of a loved one who was severely injured in an automobile crash, unsure whether they will pull through.

• The patient who has just learned that cancer treatment is no longer working and is now coming to terms with what it means to enter hospice care.

• The child or teen who has been struggling with their mental health and now finds themselves in a treatment facility, away from their family and unsure what comes next.

Today, I bring that same steady, direct, human approach to psychiatric care. My work combines psychiatric evaluation, medication management when appropriate, and psychotherapy while paying attention to the circumstances shaping each person’s life.