About Haley

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I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is passionate and committed to helping people heal and live their best lives. I have always been fascinated by healing, what is means to heal, and how we as humans can cultivate a life of meaning. My journey has been like many, full of twists, turns, pain, happiness, heartache, and triumph. As I move through adulthood I continue to find pieces of myself that need examining, reflecting, and tenderness. I have made it my mission to explore what it means to heal and self-examine on a personal level and for those I work with. I feel life is a constantly evolving mosaic of learning about yourself, changing, and accepting. I hope to assist you on your journey.

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After earning my master’s degree, I spent several years working with at-risk youth, an experience that deeply shaped my approach to therapy. I developed curriculum and facilitated support groups that used social-emotional learning, creativity, and connection as tools for emotional processing and healing.

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My work with teens centered on helping them develop a stronger understanding of healthy relationships, body image, identity, and emotional well-being. I also focused on empowering young people to become advocates and allies within their communities, providing them with practical tools to navigate bullying, racism, stereotypes, and other social challenges with greater confidence and awareness.

 

Earlier in my career, I also worked with college-aged adults in a university counseling center, supporting young adults as they navigated the unique challenges of emerging adulthood. I helped clients explore questions of identity and life purpose while developing skills to manage stress, relationships, transitions, and the uncertainty that often accompanies this stage of life.

 

These experiences continue to inform my work today. They taught me the importance of meeting people where they are, understanding the larger context of their experiences, and creating a therapeutic space where growth, self-discovery, and healing can happen.

 

My focus on trauma began early in my career, after my first training in EMDR. This approach transformed the way I understood my clients and the challenges they were facing. I began to see symptoms and relationship patterns not simply as problems to eliminate, but often as understandable responses to experiences that had shaped the nervous system.

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That initial training led me to pursue advanced EMDR training, ongoing consultation and supervision, and ultimately EMDR certification. This level of specialized training represents a significant commitment to trauma-focused practice and is not something every clinician pursues.

Today, trauma-informed care is at the heart of my work. I draw on EMDR and attachment-focused approaches to help clients understand the experiences that shaped them, process what may still feel “stuck,” and develop a greater sense of safety, connection, and choice in their lives.

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As a mother, daughter, and sister, I’ve always valued the depth and complexity of women’s relationships with one another. Being a woman can hold so much beauty, strength, connection, and joy—while also bringing unique pressures, transitions, wounds, and challenges.

My work with women is rooted in the belief that there is no single way to experience womanhood. Each woman’s story is shaped by her relationships, body, family, culture, experiences, and the many roles she carries throughout her life.

 

I feel deeply called to support women through the diverse experiences that can shape their emotional well-being, including identity, relationships, motherhood, reproductive experiences, body image, life transitions, trauma, and the expectations placed upon them.

 

My goal is to create a space where women can feel seen and understood, explore the parts of themselves they may have had to silence or set aside, and reconnect with their own needs, values, strength, and sense of self.

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