For nearly 20 years, I have worked in and around higher education, nonprofits, leadership systems, and helping professions. My work has supported students, professionals, executives, organizations, and care-centered leaders who are trying to do meaningful work without losing themselves in the process.
I hold a PhD in Mental Health Counseling and Supervision from the University of Rochester and serve as a professor in Public Administration with a focus on Nonprofit Management at SUNY Brockport. I am also the founder of ConcernCenter, Inc., a resource-navigation SaaS company designed to help people find support before they are in crisis.
Across all of my work, the thread is the same:
I help people and systems name what is no longer working, stop carrying what is not theirs, and create clearer, more sustainable ways forward.
I live in upstate New York with my family and pets and I enjoy thrift shopping, running errands while listening to a self-help audiobook, and spending time with my best friends.
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 is costing them.
They leave with clarity, new strategies, and options for creating a more authentic and balanced life.
Organizations bring me in when their people are tired, their culture is strained, and everyone can feel that something needs to change, even if they do not yet have the language for it.
Leaders work with me when they are ready to stop over-functioning, stop carrying what is not theirs, and lead with more clarity, empathy, and authority.