Art Therapy and Counseling manifested as a second career.  I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. I moved to Brooklyn, NY and worked for Exposure NY in Manhattan as a Producer and Digital Imaging Specialist. During this time, I volunteered with Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. It was here, that I discovered art therapy. The experience was transformative. I left New York City to pursue a master's degree combining art and psychology. My clinical experience includes inpatient adolescent and adult psychiatric treatment including work with: PTSD, severe depression, suicidality and self harm, dual diagnosis, panic and dissociative disorders, eating disorders, adolescent and adult inpatient eating disorder treatment, outpatient mental health clinics serving children, adolescents, adults, and families, community outreach, community wellness programming, and preventive programming for middle school and high school students.  I currently work at my private practice serving Texas, Virginia, and Connecticut, as well as Sanctuary One-Eleven, a nonclinical, creative wellness community empowering individuals to connect and engage with others and their community. Programs are currently in development for adolescents, adults, and military service members and their families, as well as creative wellness mobile inservice programing for healthcare organizations and schools.