Pivotal Counseling

There's an old saying that you have to take care of yourself because no one else will. Too often though, people who are hurting and struggling inside keep turning to other people and other things trying to feel better. They typically find one disappointment after another and, in the end, are right back where they started.

Do you miss the great relationship that you used to have? Are you tired of fighting to be heard only to end up feeling more misunderstood and unseen than ever? Do you wish they would see how you're hurting and how much you still love them? Are you lonely even though they are sitting right there? Sometimes relationships struggle.

Sexuality is core part of being human. And because it is something we all experience, it has the potential to be an enormous source of connection and fulfillment. Sometimes though, it isn't. Things don't work, partners struggle, insecurities plague us, problematic behaviors arise, or we find ourselves otherwise unhappy with our sexual selves.

My earliest recollection is that I wanted to be a forest ranger up in a tower watching for wildfires. Over the years, I've been involved in emergency response services, day care, senior care, family and truancy mediation, 911 dispatching, and a few other jobs. The one consistent feature is that they were all about helping people.

When I started my college education, my interests were pretty broad. I wanted to help solve crimes as a forensic anthropologist and also wanted to get a doctorate and go into sports medicine. Then there was my love of both creative writing and my passion for singing.

As I've pursued my education to better understand how the human brain works, I began to notice that the subjects we need to talk about the most are often the things for which we lack the language to say.I set out with a mission to offer a voice to those who had something to say. As a counselor, I encourage and support community members as they encounter and overcome personal and social barriers.