about me

“The wound is the place where the light enters you.” – Rumi

My role as a clinician is to safe-guard and facilitate the deeply personal and profound process of breaking through long-standing traumas, addictions, anxiety and mood issues and relational challenges.

I am a licensed professional counselor in Atlanta, GA with a focus in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Details of my education and experience can be found below. More importantly, I have had the great privilege to work with some of the most loving and effective clinicians that have forever impacted my well-being personally, and capacities professionally. 

“Imagine if you could live your life in your whole body!” – Dr. Michael Berger

I am currently most interested in how more traditional talk therapy intersects with
psychedelics, mindfulness practices, somatic movement, and breath-work in order to bypass the thinking brain so that we may live an embodied life of meaning and connection. Presently, I am enjoying perspectives in counseling that relate to Somatic Experiencing, Polyvagal and Gestalt theories, as well as Internal Family Systems interventions.

“If the track is tough and the hill is rough, THINKING you can just ain’t enough!”

– Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

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my work and education

Alchemy Therapeutics – Co-Founded 2024. A safe and supportive setting for ketamine therapy and integration in Atlanta, offering both intramuscular and sublingual ketamine administration. Learn more at www.alchemytherapeuticsatl.com

Atlanta Clinical Mental Health, LLC – private practice since 2010
I work individually with adolescents and adults, as well as, in collaboration with couples and families seeking to live with more vitality.

I am currently accepting clients for Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) via in-office lozenge for a course of 3-6 sessions upon consult with a KAP prescriber. 

CenExel: iResearch & Atlanta Center for Medical Research (ACMR) – 
I am a facilitator for CenExel’s psychedelic clinical trials utilizing various biopharmaceutical compounds of psilocybin, as well as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and 5-MeO-DMT for the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Treatment-Resistant Depression. 

Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI) – Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Fellowship. I closed out the 2022 year with the completion of this fellowship clocking more than 200 hours of expert training and consultation on preparation, dosing, and integration models utilizing Ketamine, MDMA, and Psilocybin medicines for the treatment of depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders to name a few.  I have also completed 60 hours of asynchronous MDMA-assisted therapy training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Skyland Trail – Counselor from 2009-2013, Contracted Consultant 2015-2019

This organization has a special place in my heart. I was able to gain experience and training through their facility during and after my graduate education. As far as offering treatment for individuals living with mood, thought, personality, and addiction diagnosis…Skyland does it with dignity and respect for all. Their residential and day treatment programs serve a great need in the field of mental health. They also employ some of the most empathetic and experienced folks that I am honored to have as colleagues.

Mercer University – Masters of Science, Clinical Mental Health (2010)