Golden Hour Therapy was created because I wanted to build the kind of therapy practice I wish more people had access to: one that's specialized, compassionate, and actually makes sense for OCD and neurodivergent brains.

My career working with autistic and neurodivergent individuals started in 2017, when I began as a home-based therapist for autistic children ages 0–7. I spent four years in that role before moving to an agency that specialized in group and individual therapy for autistic kids and teens. Along the way, I found myself increasingly drawn to the overlap between autism, anxiety, and OCD—and I trained through Bradley Hospital's Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC), the IOCDF's Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI), and Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) to deepen that focus. Through it all, I realized how many people were struggling to find clinicians who truly understood these experiences—not just from a textbook, but in the nuanced ways they show up in everyday life.

My connection to this work is personal, too. I've lived with anxiety for as long as I can remember and was diagnosed with ADHD at 27. I know how easy it is to get pulled into overthinking, perfectionism, and the constant search for certainty. I know what it feels like to go through life wondering why it feels like the settings were turned to ‘difficult’ mode while everyone else seemed to be operating on ‘easy.’

Today, I help teens and adults who are exhausted from living inside endless loops of doubt, guilt, anxiety, overthinking, and "what if?" questions. My approach is collaborative, practical, and just a little nerdy. I love helping people understand how their brains work because when things finally make sense, change starts to feel possible.

I also work with autistic teens and adults who are tired of masking just to get through the day—performing "normal" in a world that wasn't built for how their brain works. Maybe you've spent years mimicking social scripts, holding in stims, or forcing eye contact that feels wrong, only to go home completely wiped out. Maybe you've been told you're "too much" or "not enough," or you've only recently started to understand yourself through an autism lens as an adult. You don't need to perform for me. Therapy here isn't about becoming less autistic—it's about building a life that actually fits you, with tools for sensory regulation, communication, and burnout recovery that meet you where you are.

Therapy with me isn't just talking about your week and hoping things magically improve. Together, we'll learn how your brain operates, build evidence-based skills, challenge unhelpful patterns, and help you reconnect with the version of yourself that exists outside of fear, masking, or self-doubt. My goal is for therapy to leave you feeling more confident in yourself—not more dependent on therapy.

Training & Experience

• Exposure and Response Prevention trained through PARC, BTTI (IOCDF)

• Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy trained

• 10 years of clinical experience working with autistic and neurodivergent clients

• Ongoing continuing education and clinical consultation to stay current in OCD and neurodivergent-affirming care