About Me
I support organizations in understanding how they respond to crisis, communicate under pressure, and rebuild trust with the people they serve.
I can’t wait to meet you!
🌿 My Approach
I lead this work as a human being first. I bring the same clarity, care, and steadiness I ask organizations to build for their people into every engagement I hold. My approach draws from trauma-sensitive care, somatic awareness, relational dynamics, and communication practice, shaped by more than two decades of direct experience supporting individuals, families, and institutions through crisis and recovery.
I would love to support your organization through education, training, and consulting opportunities. Your team will discover culturally relevant and embodied approaches to honestly and compassionately build shared power, mutual accountability, and trust at work and within your community. My work focuses on the intersection of leadership, culture, and human experience. I use storytelling, humor, and research to share practical, lasting solutions that bring clarity, care, and connection to teams and organizations.
I partner with leadership teams to help them understand the patterns shaping their organization, communicate with greater clarity under pressure, and build the trust that allows people and institutions to move forward together.
Credentials & Specialized Work
Education, Licenses, & Certifications
I hold a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Trauma and Disaster Relief from Northcentral University (now National University) and a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Marriage & Family Therapy, along with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Psychology and an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Human Resource Management. I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) in the U.S. states of Florida and Hawaii and hold certification in Somatic EMDR.
My specialized areas include human rights violations and power-based trauma, humanitarian and disaster-related trauma, organizational trauma, historical trauma, and generational trauma. This expertise informs how I advise leadership teams navigating crisis response, organizational disruption, and the long-term work of institutional recovery.
I reside in Germany, where I support international companies and NGOs through consulting, training, and crisis-response program design grounded in trauma-sensitive practice.
Academic Credential Notice:
Ph.D. in Trauma & Disaster Relief awarded by Northcentral University/National University (USA). Recognized under German KMK/ZAB guidelines and conducted in its original format.
Legal Disclaimer:
My services include psychological, spiritual, and relationship counseling, as well as community and corporate crisis consulting. I do not provide medical or clinical psychotherapy under German law (PsychThG/HeilprG).
Organizational Leadership & Program Development
I bring more than 24 years of experience designing, implementing, and improving organizational, departmental, and community-based programs and systems.
During my service in the United States Air Force, I created a one-stop in-processing initiative that contributed to our unit earning an “Excellent” rating during its annual compliance inspection. I co-developed our Squadron’s Leave Program and Subsistence-In-Kind Program, helping the unit earn recognition as the “Best Managed Fighter Wing” by the Comptroller Squadron.
My military service also connected me to the work of crisis response and advocacy. As a member of the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), I supported survivors and developed prevention and response initiatives, work I have continued for more than 20 years. I separated from the Air Force with an Honorable Discharge and received numerous awards, medals, and ribbons in recognition of my leadership, service, and teamwork.
Following my military career, I continued this work in program development and systems improvement within a Fortune 500 company and various nonprofit organizations, building programs that strengthen organizational effectiveness, employee wellbeing, and community impact during and after periods of crisis.
Relational Systems & Trauma-Sensitive Practices
My 17 years of experience as a couples and family therapist gave me a systems-level understanding of how trauma moves through relationships, teams, and institutions. Drawing from this perspective, I design power-based trauma prevention and intervention programs rooted in equity, relational-cultural principles, and healing-centered practice.
Through workshops, conferences, retreats, and consultation, I apply trauma-sensitive, relational-cultural, intersectional, and somatic frameworks to help organizations rebuild trust, strengthen communication, and support their people through disruption and recovery. My focus stays consistent across every engagement: helping teams and institutions move beyond survival toward relationships and systems rooted in dignity, accountability, shared power, and care.onships rooted in dignity, accountability, shared power, connection, and care.
