Welcome to Painted Willow Healing

I’m a therapist, healer, and fellow traveler on this messy, beautiful path.

I became a therapist because I know what it is to need one.

My own healing journey has taken me through the clinical and the sacred, the evidence-based and the energetic, the deeply uncomfortable and the surprisingly magical. That journey shapes everything about how I show up for you. I don’t bring anything into our work that I haven’t personally sat with, questioned, wrestled with, or tried myself. That is not just a value, it is a promise I take seriously.

I graduated from Seton Hill University in 2016 with a Master’s in Art Therapy and a specialization in counseling. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania and a Registered Art Therapist (ATR). I am trained in EMDR and Somatic EMDR through the Embody Lab (2025), and I hold additional training in Reiki (Level II), Intuitive Coaching with Kim Chestney (2019), and Advanced Intuition Insight through the Shift Network (2026).

What that means in practice is this: I have a deep clinical foundation, and I am not afraid to use oracle cards, energy medicine, or intuitive inquiry when the moment calls for it. I believe healing happens at the intersection of the nervous system and the soul. And I believe your body, your intuition, and your inner wisdom are not obstacles to get around, they are the very things that will lead you home.

What I Believe About Healing

I believe healing is a mind, body, and spiritual process. Not just one of those things, all of them, working together.

I believe some of what you carry was never actually yours to begin with. It came from the generations before you, from systems that were never designed to support your full self, from early experiences that taught you to survive by shrinking.

I believe there is no wrong way to heal, as long as it is safe. Your path is yours. It may look traditional. It may look a little wild. It may look like something you have never had language for before. All of it is welcome here.

I believe in the part of you that is still curious, still playful, still a little magical, even if it has been buried under years of just getting through. That part of you is not gone. We are just going to find it together.

And I will be honest with you: I will never pretend I have all the answers or that there is one right way through. I will not get on a soapbox and tell you this is how you heal XYZ. You are a whole, unique human being and your healing will be just as unique. My job is to walk beside you, not ahead of you.