What drives me.

I'm driven by the desire to help you feel seen and supported as you embark on a healing journey. Through Sana Copia, I help my clients develop and sustain healthy rhythms to restore energy, wellness and balance. My core programs provide a collective group experience fostering deep connection, healing, and growth.

I draw on multiple healing modalities to assist my clients in developing a truer sense of themselves. I am energized and deeply fulfilled by helping others create connections, both internally and externally, as they establish the self-love and easeful living we all deserve to enjoy.

My professional journey and qualifications.

I'm a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, a professional member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and I've operated a private psychotherapy practice since 2016. I'm an Internal Family Systems practitioner, a Yoga Health Coach, and a former Youth Mental Health First Aid trainer through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.  

I began my career as a licensed massage therapist, providing hands-on healing in various settings, including a hospital maternity ward where I performed postpartum healing and recovery bodywork sessions for new mothers.

I have personal experience with autoimmune disease and health transformation.

I learned the hard way that it's all too easy to skid into the territory of burnout, along with a host of physical symptoms that accompany it. About six years ago, despite knowing everything I know, I still fell into the trap of over-working, over-giving, and over-scheduling.

I didn’t realize until it was too late that I had pushed past all of my limits. I landed in a maze of health crises, one after another, for three long and lonely years. During that time, I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis  –  a common autoimmune disease. I slowly dug my way out, but it came at a high cost.

Like everyone, I've been knocked down. I've been frustrated and lonely. I know what it feels like to be hopeless. I also know that it's possible to heal, and I'm driven to help other people avoid what I went through. 

A little about my life.

I live in Olympia, Washington with my husband and two delightfully neuro-diverse children (I'll share more about my parenting experience soon in an upcoming blog). In my free time*, I enjoy walking away from the computer to get outside, practice yoga, fuss with my plants, and shop the bulk aisle at the co-op.

*As a working mom, I have learned to define free time as free moments!  And I relish them.