About The Wilde Compass

The reason I became a therapist was to focus on your story instead of my own… but it makes sense that you’d want to know a little about the person you’re trusting with your most personal thoughts and experiences.

That trust isn’t something I take lightly. It’s an honor to be entrusted with a story that you might never tell your partner(s) or best friends. To bear witness to the courage it takes to share thoughts that you barely want to admit out loud for the first time. It’s truly a privilege to hold that space and to meet it with care, curiosity, and without judgment.

Working Together

I take a holistic and systemic approach to counseling and will tailor my approach to your individual needs and goals. My approach is empathetic, direct, and highly practical with the goal of helping you lead a healthier, happier life and feel more connected in your relationships.

A significant part of my perspective is grounded in lived experience navigating highly stressful roles successfully. As the Public Information Officer (EPIO) for The Raleigh Fire Department, a leadership consultant managing multimillion-dollar budgets, a LGBTQ+ nonprofit founder, an entrepreneur, and crisis counselor, I’ve worked in environments where pressure is constant, stakes are high, and burnout is often normalized rather than addressed.

I’m highly authentic, and my goal is to build therapeutic relationships where you feel safe to be fully yourself. I have a dark sense of humor. You’ll be hard-pressed to shock or offend me, but I love clients that try. I know I’m not the right therapist for everyone. We’ll work well together if you want a holistic framework with tangible skills and tools for body and mind, to heal your nervous system, and actively make positive changes in your life.

I recognize that this job is political and want to be clear about my values to provide a safe space for my clients. I don’t believe in neutrality in the face of harm. I actively protest the Trump administration. FDT. I’m a vocal advocate for reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, DEI, public safety, and healthcare reform.

I was born and raised in New Orleans, so my love of food, music, art, and history run deep. As a lifelong Saints fan, I’m particularly adept at celebrating loss. When I’m not at the office, you’ll probably find me at a local coffee shop, hanging with my two dogs, Beaux & Bowie, near water, or enjoying live music.

Education & Experience

Therapy is powerful, but I don’t believe it should exist in isolation. Your experiences are shaped by larger systems, family, environment, culture, and the body itself.

I always take an evidence based, multicultural, and holistic approach tailored to your individual needs and goals for treatment. My work is rooted in reality, somatic, DBT & cognitive behavioral therapies. As a sex and relationship counselor, I utilize somatic, EFT, and Gottman’s approaches. I believe the ultimate goal of therapy is lasting, meaningful, positive change.

A significant part of my perspective comes from prior experience in crisis management, public relations, organizational leadership, and consulting across private, nonprofit, and government sectors. I’ve worked in environments where pressure is constant, stakes are high, and burnout is often normalized rather than addressed.

That background informs my clinical work with first responders, healthcare professionals, and other demanding roles where chronic stress, emotional fatigue, and hypervigilance are part of the job. I understand how systems shape behavior and how survival-based patterns can become deeply embedded over time.

In addition to therapy, I offer organizational consulting and workshops focused on leadership, workplace culture, and staff wellbeing in high-stress environments. This work integrates clinical insight with practical strategy to support healthier, more sustainable systems.

Across both clinical and consulting work, my focus remains the same: helping individuals and systems move out of chronic stress patterns and into more sustainable ways of functioning, relating, and leading.

My education includes:

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology | Northeastern University in Boston, MA

• Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling | University of North Carolina at Charlotte

• Doctorate in Policy & Leadership and Learning in Organizations | Vanderbilt University, Peabody College in Nashville, TN

I’m in network with BCBS and Aetna. I’m a night owl, so in addition to daytime appointments, I’m happy to offer sessions in the evenings. I reserve a number of slots for sliding scale & pro bono cases. I look forward to working with you!