My path to becoming a psychotherapist evolved over time. I earned my undergraduate in Labor History and photography. At one point, I worked on the Maine state archive. One of my first projects was simple, but challenging. Go out into the streets with your camera and talk to people. Interview them, learn about their lives, capture their story.

After getting over the initial discomfort, I began to love it! It opened up a whole world to me. After always wondering about the lives of people I passed in the street, now was my chance to know.

I learned and connected with so many different people during this time. I went on to earn my Master’s in Counseling Psychology. When I began my clinical training, I did so at a psychoanalytically based training program.