Meet our Team

Hello! I’m Kristie

The morning after my mom died, I was told to get up, go to work, and be happy. I tried. For years I white-knuckled it.

Maybe you’re doing the same. You hold it together at work and at the kitchen table, and nobody sees what it costs. Maybe you’ve lost someone, or something harder to name: a marriage, a home, the life you thought you’d have. Maybe the family fights keep ending in the same place.

What finally helped me wasn’t advice, pep talks, or even time. My therapist let me feel all of it. With her, I could stop pretending I was fine. She sat with me while I cried, and my hands finally unclenched. I poured out the hurt I’d buried for years, and she helped me sift through it, one piece at a time.

Life has handed me plenty of plot twists. My husband and I spent more than twenty years abroad, in Russia and then Canada. I’ve moved fifteen times, learned to parent in a second language, raised a child with special needs, and started over more times than I’d planned.

I work with individuals and families facing grief, family strain, and big life changes. We start with your story and walk through it together. You set the pace. Expect hope before homework, honest questions, and room for the messy truth of being human. If faith matters to you, it has a place here. If it doesn’t, that’s fine too.
My favorite season is Advent, not because I like waiting, but because I love the belief that something good is coming even when you can’t see it yet. Turns out that’s a lot like therapy.

I’d love to hear your story.