Welcome to New HOpe Healing - Centerville

Offering therapy for Children, Adolescents, Teens, & Agriculturalists

“Your story….may become someone else’s survival guide.”  – Brené Brown

I’m a social work graduate from the University of Iowa with a background in education and agriculture. I work with children, adolescents, teens, and adults. My goal is to help people navigate anxiety, depression, and overwhelm, as well as relationship issues and life transitions.

I will meet you with compassion and curiosity because my job is to understand what it is like to be you. I am comfortable addressing grief that includes bereavement, non-death loss that comes with natural life changes, trauma, and resilience. My trainings include TF-CBT (Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention), and I have experience with ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) and MI (Motivational Interviewing).

Spanning the course of twenty years, my career in education allowed me to understand child development, including learning and communication styles of youth. I enjoy exploring ways to genuinely partner with young people, and intentionally studied several modalities tailored for children, adolescents, and teens.

My farming background brings lived experience and insight unique to agriculturalists and their families. I understand farm stress and stress unique to rural life. We may not be able to control the past, but we can change the present, and protect the future.

Therapy doesn’t always begin with a crisis. My goal is to create a space where you feel comfortable exploring your experiences in your own way at your own pace. I want you to feel seen and heard, supported and empowered to discover how to improve your quality of life.