Why I Created Resonare Living
For years, I watched people — brilliant, sensitive, accomplished people — fall through the gap between traditional therapy and spiritual community. Therapy often missed the soul. Spiritual spaces often bypassed the body and its wounds. Resonare Living exists to bridge that gap: a place where clinical rigor and contemplative depth meet on equal ground, in service of your whole, embodied life.
From Systems Thinking to Clinical Depth
My path didn't begin in a therapy office. I earned a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and spent years in the technology sector, learning to think in systems, build under pressure, and troubleshoot complexity. That experience gave me a firsthand understanding of burnout culture, the invisible weight of high performance, and the quiet toll of living in environments that reward output over presence. It also taught me that the mind alone can't solve what the nervous system is carrying.
Trauma-Informed Clinical Depth
I completed my Master of Social Work at Columbia University, where I trained in psychodynamic and relational frameworks. My clinical practice is grounded in trauma-informed care, with specialized training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic approaches, and attachment-focused work. I hold the designation of Licensed Mental Health Counselor — Diagnostic Privilege (LMHC-D), reflecting advanced clinical competence and commitment to continued depth. This isn't surface-level work — it's rooted in understanding how the body holds what the mind has tried to manage alone.
Spiritual Depth Without Dogma
As an Ordained Interspiritual Reverend, I bring contemplative grounding that honors the sacred without requiring any particular belief system. My ordination reflects years of study across wisdom traditions — not to dilute them, but to listen for the threads they share. Whether your spiritual life looks like meditation, prayer, nature, or silence, this work makes space for it. Spiritual counseling here is never prescriptive. It's relational, grounded, and always in service of your own unfolding.
Inclusive, Grounded, and Human
My practice is queer-affirming, culturally responsive, and non-pathologizing. I don't see your struggles as disorders to fix. I see them as signals from a system asking to be heard. Whether you identify as neurodivergent, queer, spiritually unmoored, or simply someone who has never felt fully met in traditional settings — you are welcome here as you are, not as a version of yourself that's easier to categorize.
A Global Life Shapes This Work
I've lived and worked across cultures and continents — experiences that have shaped my understanding of displacement, belonging, code-switching, and the particular grief of never quite fitting a single category. That lived experience informs every session. It means I'm attuned to the complexities of identity, the weight of unspoken expectations, and the courage it takes to build a life that's truly yours, not just the one you inherited.
What Informs the Work
Sessions draw from a range of modalities, always tailored to what you need:
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Somatic and body-based approaches
- Psychodynamic and relational frameworks
- Attachment-focused therapy
- Contemplative and interspiritual practices
- Nervous system regulation and polyvagal-informed work
- Mindfulness-based interventions
- Narrative and meaning-making approaches
What It Feels Like to Work Together
Spacious. Relational. Grounded. Sessions are not rushed, not formulaic, and not about performing insight for someone else's framework. This is a space where you can slow down enough to hear what's actually true -- in your body, your story, and your longing. Whether we're working through old wounds, navigating a life transition, or simply finding your way back to yourself, the pace is yours. The depth is real.
A grounded place to begin
If something here resonates, I'd welcome the chance to connect. A discovery call is a simple, no-pressure conversation to explore whether this work feels like the right fit.