Meet Our Therapists

Relationships are so rewarding and yet such hard work. Managing to stay an individual in the midst of juggling all of the responsibilities of life can at times seem nearly impossible. And yet our relationships, both with ourselves and with our loved ones, are so fundamentally important to our mental health. Confession It’s the early 2000s. I’m wandering the psychology section at Borders when I pick up a self-help relic — Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. Simultaneously intrigued, yet full of teenage angst at the thought of being caught with it, I muster the courage to sneak up to the register and slide it face down across the counter. After hurriedly handing money to the cashier, I book it out of the bookstore. Its pages were full of cosmic clichés and hilariously outdated, binary advice that could only have thrived in that era. Still, after growing up around plenty of relational chaos, I was amazed to realize there are actual patterns and maybe even solutions to saving failing relationships. This epiphany led to years as a “closeted” self-help book reader accompanied by a growing realization that my work in the world would be making sure the word got out. Rest assured, I did not found Heart Space on the principles of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. I did, however, go on to pursue a career and almost-finished PhD in Marriage and Family Therapy. I’ve spent the past decade building two practices from the ground up while helping grow two others throughout the US. Through this work, I’ve had the privilege of seeing again and again how life-changing it can be when people feel supported in understanding themselves and each other more clearly.