“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

― Mother Teresa

Purpose:

My purpose from a young age has been to help others resolve conflict in pursuit of peace. I dedicate every day that I have breath in my lungs for

• Compassion for the Human Experience

• To Help People Feel Seen and Heard

• Find Solutions to Complex Situations

• Provide Educational Emotionally Healthy Skills to My Clients

Education & Work Experience:

I graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a BS in Psychology in 2005 and University of Phoenix with a Master of Counseling MSC/SC in 2009. I have worked as a Counselor in my Private Practice and for the State of Utah Juvenile Justice System with Moral Environment, LLC with juvenile offenders in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th 7th, & 8th District Juvenile Court, families going through divorce, co-parent coordination, processing addiction, individuals with depression and anxiety, trauma processing, marriage/relationship counseling and family/individual counseling. I was trained in Basic and Domestic Mediation through UDR (Utah Dispute Resolution) in 2016 and I am a certified Utah Court Roster Mediator through the State of Utah. https://www.utcourts.gov/en/about/miscellaneous/mediation/roster/expertise.html

My Private Practice Mediation Firm specializes in Mediation for new file divorce cases, custody modification, child support modifications, structured separations, divorce decree modifications, parent coordination, parenting and financial plans, co-parent education, Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant and Legal Contract Mediations. 

My Focus:

When working with individuals, partners in a relationship and families going through tough times like a divorce, separations, conflict in the home and their lives, etc. is to heal the individual so that everyone, including the children/partner/family members can thrive after conflict in the home versus just surviving. I use my educational degrees, research and my years of being a child of divorce and my experience Counseling and Mediating with clients to provide educational emotionally healthy skills to move forward and truly heal. 

Mediation I, as an Utah Court Roster Mediator, assists co-parents in the negotiation process in a neutral and impartial manner to help both parties reach a settlement of one or more issues in a pending legal action. I provide a peaceful place for both parties the opportunity to creatively design their own resolution and avoid the economic and emotional costs of litigation and trial.  

Individual, Marriage/Relationship Counseling I provide a unique form of Educational Counseling that focuses on learning educational interpersonal skills, learning about with the whole family system/impact in present life, depression and anxiety managing skills, identifying and understanding negative cycles, healthy communication, conflict resolution skills, how to repair after conflict, processing through trauma and working with my clients to create peace and success in their personal and family relationships. 

Parent Coordination is a service offered by me to aid in communication between co-parents, facilitate the creation and/or implementation of a parenting plan and assist towards a resolution of their disputes in a timely manner and by educating parents based on the needs of their children. 

You are welcome to contact me for more information & I hope to work with you in the future.