I earned my undergraduate degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University where I met and married my husband of over 31 years. Post-graduation, we moved to Oregon where I attended Lewis and Clark College and subsequently earned my Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology. During this time, I provided advising, career counseling, and individual counseling services at Portland Community College. I additionally met with couples and groups in a traditional counseling office setting. Upon graduation, we moved back to Colorado to the Boulder area where I worked as an advisor and career counselor at CU Boulder. I also counseled individuals and couples, as well, in a private practice setting in Longmont, Colorado.

In 2001, after the birth of my first daughter, I took a 20-year hiatus from the counseling profession. I spent this time raising my two daughters (my youngest was born in 2003) and homeschooling them for the elementary, middle, and high school years. Throughout that time, I worked with couples, as a lay counselor, utilizing the Christian based Prepare & Enrich Marriage Curriculum. I am currently a certified facilitator of this curriculum and utilize it with couples who need assistance walking through premarital or marital issues. This is a six-week curriculum with sessions being an hour and a half each. I currently only offer my services via Zoom. In my spare time, I enjoy tap dancing, praying, walking in nature (with my adult children and husband especially), obsessing over my dogs, reading, and anything British; especially anything British from the Victorian Era. For more information on the Prepare & Enrich Curriculum, please click this link: Prepare and Enrich.

I also offer Career Counseling. To learn more about my Career Counseling Business, visit my website at Career Crossroads Counseling,