For over 20 years, I have worked across higher education, nonprofits, helping professions, and organizational leadership. I've spent my career thinking about the people who do meaningful work, the systems they work within, and what happens when caring starts to require too much of them.
I hold a PhD in Mental Health Counseling and Supervision from the University of Rochester and am a professor of Public Administration, Nonprofit Management at SUNY Brockport. I am also the founder of ConcernCenter, Inc., a resource-navigation SaaS company designed to help people find the right support when they need it.
Across all of my work, the thread is the same: I help people and systems name what's no longer working, stop carrying what isn't theirs, and create clearer, more sustainable ways forward.
I live in Upstate New York with my family and pets. Outside of work, I love thrift stores, self-help audiobooks, unnecessary errands, laughing with my best friends, and analyzing human behavior even when absolutely no one asked me to.
I help people who care deeply set boundaries that last.
My Approach
My Approach
I believe compassion and accountability can sit at the same table.
I believe boundaries are not walls. They are permission to prioritize our own needs before the needs of others.
I believe burnout is often a signal that something has gone unsupported for too long.
And I believe people who care deeply need better tools than “try harder,” “be nicer,” “just say no,” or “get more sleep.”
I bring a candid, empathic, clear, and lovingly disruptive communications style to all of my work, exemplified in my personal hashtag, #disruptwithlove.
My work is direct, research-informed, deeply human, and practical. I help clients name patterns, understand their energy, challenge old ways of operating, and build boundaries that last.
My work is direct, research-informed, deeply human, and practical. I help clients name patterns, understand their energy, challenge old ways of operating, and build boundaries that last.
Who I Work With
People often come to me when they are overwhelmed and fed up with doing things the same way.
They are tired of being:
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The dependable one.
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The emotionally available one.
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The high-capacity one.
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The one who figures it out.
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The one who absorbs the tension.
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The one who carries the invisible work.
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The one who keeps going, even when it's costing them.
They don't want to stop caring. They want to stop carrying so much.
Organizations bring me in when their people are exhausted, their culture is strained, and everyone can feel that something isn't working—even if they don't yet have the language for it.
Leaders work with me when they're ready to stop over-functioning, get clearer about what belongs to them, and lead without carrying everything themselves.