About Jess
I believe therapy is a collaborative process rooted in a trusting, authentic relationship. My role is to offer a steady, compassionate space where you can begin to make sense of your experience, reconnect with yourself, and explore meaningful change at a pace that feels safe and possible.
Therapy with me is not about fixing you—it’s about understanding you. I use a salutogenic, strengths-based approach, which means I focus on what supports health, resilience, and well-being rather than what is “wrong.” Together, we build on your existing strengths while making room for the parts of you that have had to adapt in difficult environments.
We will talk about your thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and lived experience to support integration and deeper self and/or relational understanding. My goal is to help you move toward clarity, flexibility, and self-trust—even and especially in the midst of uncertainty.
My work is trauma-informed, relational, and body-aware. I integrate:
Somatic and nervous system-informed therapy
Identity-affirming and culturally responsive care
Gentle mindfulness and body-based awareness
Strengths-based and resiliency-focused frameworks
Neurodivergent specific and chronic illness embodiment work
I believe healing happens in safe, attuned relationships—and that your system already carries wisdom about how to move toward healing when given the right conditions.
I am a 200-hour registered yoga teacher and trained in the Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method as well.
My Approach
Education & Credentials
Master of Counseling, Arizona State University
Bachelor’s in Psychology (Minor: Family & Human Development), Barrett Honors College, ASU
Bachelor’s in English (Creative Writing: Fiction), Barrett Honors College, ASU
Member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
Licensed Professional Counselor (Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners) LPC-19389
Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (Trauma Institute International)
200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (Yoga Alliance)
Trauma-Conscious Yoga Method Certified (Level 1)
Professional Roles & Training
In addition to clinical work, I hold the following roles:
Adjunct faculty in trauma-informed education (Arizona Trauma Institute)
Certified Trauma & Resilience Life Coach (Arizona Trauma Institute)
International Clinical Board Chair (Arizona Trauma Institute)
Advisory Board Member (Spectrum Medical’s “Full Spectrum Queer Gyno Care” Initiative)
Experience in multidisciplinary settings including schools, medical clinics, psychiatry, and community behavioral health systems
AZBBHE Board-approved clinical supervisor supporting developing clinicians
Commitment
to Care
I hear countless stories of challenges for many in marginalized communities trying to access care and feeling misunderstood, dismissed, stigmatized — and I have experienced this myself personally. My Commitment to Care is to nurture a space where people of all races, sexual orientations, genders, body sizes, ability, economic status (and much more) feel belonging and safety. Those actions include asking and not assuming, considering more than my own privilege and intersections, educating myself routinely, and creating a feedback-informed environment to talk openly about what it is like to work together.