Professional consulting for re-entry programs means more than offering technical support—it’s about transforming systems with insight, empathy, and accountability. Drawing from my background in clinical social work and my deep understanding of systemic trauma, I collaborate with organizations that support individuals returning from incarceration. My consulting work helps programs move beyond compliance to create trauma-informed, relationship-centered environments where people can heal, grow, and rebuild their lives with dignity.

Are you leading or developing a re-entry program and seeking expert guidance to ensure your services are trauma-informed, equitable, and effective?

I’m a licensed clinical social worker with specialized experience in trauma, systems-impacted communities, and program development. I offer consulting to organizations serving individuals returning home from incarceration—programs that know the work is complex and the stakes are high.

Whether you’re building a new initiative or strengthening an existing one, I can help you:

• Design trauma-informed programming tailored to your community’s needs
• Train your staff in best practices for working with individuals impacted by incarceration and systemic trauma
• Strengthen group facilitation approaches, case management strategies, and clinical frameworks
• Improve program culture and client engagement through consultation rooted in dignity, accountability, and care

My approach centers the lived experiences of your clients and the realities of the systems they navigate. Together, we can create safer, more responsive spaces where healing and reintegration are possible.

Professional consulting, in the context of youth-serving systems, means more than offering advice—it’s about walking alongside organizations to co-create practices that are trauma-informed, equity-centered, and grounded in lived experience. My consulting approach is rooted in social work values and tailored to the unique needs of programs that support foster youth and individuals re-entering society from systems of incarceration or institutional care. I help organizations translate their mission into practical, sustainable strategies that prioritize relational safety, healing, and long-term well-being.

If you’re building or leading a program that supports foster youth, you already know: this work demands more than good intentions. It requires a deep understanding of trauma, trust, and the complex systems young people are navigating.

As a licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience working at the intersection of trauma, child welfare, and mental health, I offer consulting services that help programs better serve youth impacted by the foster care system.

Whether you’re developing new services, reworking existing structures, or seeking support for your staff, I can help you:

• Design or refine trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate programming
• Train staff to build relational safety, support regulation, and respond to behavioral challenges with compassion
• Create systems of care that center youth voice, autonomy, and resilience
• Strengthen multidisciplinary coordination and reduce secondary trauma among staff

I work with organizations that want to do better—programs ready to shift from crisis management to sustainable, relational care.

Consulting is not supervision in the traditional, hierarchical sense. It’s a collaborative and collegial process that centers your growth as a clinician.

Rather than focusing solely on skills or interventions, we’ll explore how you show up in the work—what’s getting activated in you, what your clients might be communicating unconsciously, and how to hold space for complex dynamics in a way that’s ethical, attuned, and sustaining.

This process is especially helpful if you’re:

• Seeking greater clarity and confidence in your clinical work
• Navigating countertransference or emotional overwhelm
• Looking for a space to reflect on your professional identity
• Wanting to explore trauma-informed or psychodynamic approaches
• Craving deeper insight into your clients’ relational patterns and defenses

You don’t have to have a specific “problem” to bring into consultation. This work is about nurturing your development, expanding your awareness, and creating space for meaningful exploration.

I bring a depth-oriented, relational approach to consulting, with a focus on nuance, integrity, and emotional safety. My background includes:

• Extensive training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and trauma
  Deep experience working with complex family dynamics, including intergenerational trauma and emotional neglect
• A commitment to self-of-the-therapist work and lifelong learning
• A warm, respectful, and nonjudgmental stance toward all identities and theoretical orientations

I view this work as a conversation between peers—an opportunity to pause, reflect, and reconnect with why you do what you do.

Consultation sessions are flexible and tailored to your needs. Here are some of the most common themes that come up in this work:

Clinical process and decision-making:

• Working with stuck or avoidant clients
• Navigating therapeutic ruptures or reenactments
• Managing strong transference or countertransference
• Deepening insight into relational dynamics and attachment wounds

Self-of-the-therapist reflection:

• Exploring your own emotional responses to client material
• Identifying the impact of your personal history on your clinical lens
• Finding your authentic voice as a provider
• Managing burnout, imposter syndrome, or perfectionism

Professional growth and ethics:

• Clarifying your values, boundaries, and scope of practice
• Navigating dual relationships or ethical dilemmas
• Reflecting on power dynamics and cultural humility
• Sustaining your work with integrity and self-compassion

This is a space where you don’t need to be the expert. You can show up fully as yourself—uncertain, curious, overwhelmed, or excited—and know that whatever you bring will be met with care.

There’s no “right time” to begin consultation—but many professionals find it especially helpful at certain moments in their career. You may benefit from this work if:

• You’re in the early stages of your career and want reflective support
• You’re transitioning to private practice or a new population
• You’re working with complex trauma or high-conflict dynamics
• You feel emotionally impacted by your clinical work
• You’re interested in psychodynamic or trauma-informed perspectives
• You want to explore your own countertransference in a safe space

Even seasoned clinicians benefit from consultation. Having a trusted colleague to process with can prevent burnout, sharpen your clinical insight, and help you stay connected to your purpose.

Consultation sessions are typically 50 minutes and can be scheduled as needed or on an ongoing basis. I offer both individual and small group consultation, depending on your preferences.

In our work together, you can expect:

• A confidential, nonjudgmental space for reflection
• A collaborative tone that honors your expertise and experience
• Gentle curiosity and questions that invite deeper insight
• Space to explore both clinical content and emotional process
• Support that’s grounded, relational, and emotionally attuned

You’re welcome to bring specific cases or broader themes. Over time, many professionals find that this space becomes a steady anchor in their practice—somewhere to return to for clarity, nourishment, and connection.

While one-time consultation can be helpful, ongoing sessions allow for deeper exploration and personal-professional integration. Clients often report:

• Increased confidence in handling complex or emotionally charged cases
• Greater insight into relational dynamics and attachment patterns
• A clearer sense of self as a clinician
• Reduced burnout and increased professional satisfaction
• Feeling less isolated and more connected to their work

This kind of sustained reflection can be transformative—not only for your clients, but for your own growth and well-being as a practitioner.

If you’re ready to slow down, reflect more deeply, and bring more intentionality to your clinical work, I’d be honored to support you.

This is a space for honesty, exploration, and transformation—for reconnecting with the why behind your work and stepping into your next chapter with clarity and compassion.