“Nothing is enough for the person to whom enough is too little.”
-Epicurus
This work tends to resonate with people who:
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notice the gap between how capable you appear and how tense you actually feel
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notice anxiety showing up most around money, work, or decisions...even when things are objectively fine
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find yourself googling your own symptoms at 11pm
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have tried productivity systems or self-help approaches and found they don't touch the actual problem
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feel a low-grade sense of pressure that doesn't seem to go away, even in good seasons
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find it hard to rest without guilt or a sense of falling behind
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want to understand why they respond the way they do, not just how to cope better
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have wondered whether their relationship with money is really about money
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are high-functioning in most areas of life but privately exhausted by it
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find most self-help advice too surface level to be useful
You don't need to be in crisis.
You simply need to be willing to look closely.
How I Work
I work with high-achieving adults in Denver navigating burnout, financial anxiety, and the pressure to perform.
My approach is psychotherapy.
It is not coaching or financial advising.
I focus on the emotional and nervous-system patterns that shape how you experience:
• money
• work
• responsibility
• security
Together we might explore:
• early conditioning around effort, safety, and achievement
• financial trauma or instability
• patterns of overcontrol, avoidance, or performance pressure
• the physiological experience of financial decision-making
My work tends to feel grounding, clear, and direct for clients.
I use EMDR when the work calls for it, particularly when something feels stuck in a way that reflection alone hasn't moved.
Not every session looks the same. I bring mindfulness and somatic based approaches in when they're useful.
The goal is not optimization.
The goal is less fear and more clarity.
About Me
Before becoming a therapist, I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and developed a deep interest in how people make decisions under uncertainty.
For several years, I studied and analyzed market behavior, with particular attention to volatility, risk perception, and how people make decisions under pressure.
That experience left me with a lasting interest in the psychology of money, particularly how fear, identity, and perceived security shape financial behavior.
Over time, my curiosity shifted from markets themselves to the people navigating them. I approach money not simply as a technical domain, but as a psychological one shaped by learning, stress physiology, and lived experience.
I was drawn to high-performance environments: finance, decision-making under pressure, and the pursuit of stability. But something felt missing on a deeper level. Over time, constant stress and burnout made me more interested in what was happening internally. I wanted sustainable high performance that didn't make me miserable.
That shift is what I now help clients explore - especially when things look stable on the outside but don’t feel that way internally.
I later completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and became a Licensed Professional Counselor.
My clinical work has included addiction treatment, where patterns of control, scarcity, self-worth, and emotional regulation often intersect with financial stress and performance pressure.
This background continues to inform how I understand responsibility, overdrive, and the emotional side of external stability.
We may work well together if you value...
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depth over quick fixes
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honesty over reassurance
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understanding patterns, not just managing symptoms
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slowing down enough to actually feel change
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a space that is calm, but not passive