A Different Kind of Therapy

My Story

How I Got Here

I started Mindful Solutions Counseling LLC because I wanted to provide therapy on my own terms — not constrained by the rigid structures of agencies or the demands of insurance companies. My clients kept telling me they wanted something more personal, more integrative, and more uniquely suited to them. So I built a practice that could be exactly that.

I like to maintain a level of casual. Therapy doesn't need to be intimidating. It definitely doesn't need to look like the stereotypical couch-and-clipboard scene people imagine. In my experience, people who haven't been to therapy have built up some worst-case scenarios in their heads. I'm here to tell you — therapy can be encouraging, and even fun.

Sessions can happen online, in an office, or wherever you feel most comfortable. I draw from different tools and techniques to find what's best suited for each individual client, because no two people are the same.

Before Counseling

I didn't start out planning to be a therapist. I spent my early college years in the Mass Communications department at Loyola University in New Orleans — I wanted to be a writer. Something like the next Carrie Bradshaw, maybe. Articles about relationships, dating, life advice. That was the dream.

After a couple of semesters and probably one too many existential crises, I realized journalism wasn't the right fit. I turned to Psychology — it seemed interesting, and I got good grades. But the more classes I took, the more genuinely fascinated I became: why do we think the way we do? Why do we repeat the same patterns? Can people really change?

That curiosity led me to pursue a Master's Degree in Counseling — three years of graduate school, a year of internship, and two years of post-graduate provisional work. And here I am.

What Grad School Taught Me

Graduate school was eye-opening in ways I didn't expect. I believe many people enter the psychology field — whether they know it or not — to understand their own wounds. The program opened me up to the walls I'd built, insecurities I hadn't named, and feedback loops I didn't know existed.

Most importantly, it gave me a space to practice vulnerability. My classmates and I were all in it together — bobbing on the waters of uncertainty, facing fears whether we wanted to or not. That experience shaped how I show up for my clients today.