Helping High Achievers and Highly Sensitive Folk Find Peace
Being exquisitely tuned to beauty, emotion, and wonder —what a charge! Having a mind that craves knowledge, understanding, and excellence—how wonderful!
Until it’s not.
Those gifts on their own can often overwhelm us, and then combine that overwhelm with the pressures of daily life, and it’s far beyond too much.
What do we do?
For over twenty years, I’ve helped highly sensitive, high-achieving people transform that pressure into easeful movement. Together, we learn to read the signals your mind and body send—not as ailments to fight against, but as guides toward health, ease, and joy. When we heed the signals, they shift from obstacles into allies, and they show us the way forward.
The years spent outside this profession back that up. Time spent in the arts, farming, practicing the teachings of our near and far back ancestors, and wandering the woods reveal that same understanding.
When we show up with curiosity and attend to what’s tugging (yanking!!) on our sleeve, rather than trying to make it go away (it’s not going), we are given clarity and a way forward. Those burdens transform into allies and our way of living becomes regenerative rather than degenerative.
This realization didn’t come easy. Along with my studies and work, I’ve navigated my own debilitating rounds of anxiety, depression, sensitivities gone awry, and trauma-related ills.
I get where you’re coming from.
I’m a highly sensitive high achiever, too, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’d love to help you find fulfillment and peace and ease.
A Few Details:
Education and Professional Experience
BA in Psychology – Furman University (Go FU!)
Master of Social Work, Clinical Track – University of Georgia
Licensed Clinical Social Worker – NC (#C008994) and NH (#4914)
Over two decades’ experience in mental health care across group homes, hospitals, schools, clinics, and private practice
Ongoing specialized training to provide the most effective care available.
My work with clients has spanned all ages and walks of life.
That experience combined with my other experience has taught me what works and what doesn’t.
I’m happy to share what works.
When not with clients, I’m often outdoors, preferably in the woods, or writing poetry, making art, reading just about any subject, and doing my best to be a loving friend and family member to all species.
If you’re ready to let go of the tug-of-war, I’d love to help you find your way. You can create a life that works, that’s fulfilling, and that’s filled with joy and ease.
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