A trusted voice shaped by clinical experience offering education, clarity, a sense of calm, and encouragement for the journey.
I’m a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with a lifelong fascination for how the mind works, why we struggle, and most importantly, how we heal.
My path into the mental health field was not linear and was greatly influenced by my own struggles with ADHD, depression, anxiety, and my personal journey healing from trauma. Those experiences led me to earn my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Penn State University, and later a Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University, where I trained as a psychiatric nurse practitioner.
Over the years, I have worked in settings ranging from juvenile justice facilities and county jails to community mental health centers and outpatient clinics. Originally, I founded The Calming Edge as a private telehealth practice to offer compassionate, evidence-based care and give my clients the time they truly deserved.
Today, The Calming Edge is where I bring together everything I’ve learned as a clinician, a mother, a grandmother, and a human being still growing— through direct psychiatric care and writing that aims to make mental health feel a little less complicated and a little less lonely.