welcome in.

Growing up, my family spent summers at a small lake town outside Chicago. A place where people gathered, slowed down, had real conversations, and enjoyed each other's company. No agenda, just genuine connection and the particular kind of ease that comes when you finally exhale.

When I started thinking about what I wanted my work in mental health to look like, that place kept coming back to me. Not a clinical waiting room. Not a wellness brand trying to sell you something. Just a space that felt human, warm, and genuinely useful, where even your most chaotic thoughts have somewhere calm to land.

The Cottage is both a therapy practice and a therapy-informed wellness education space, created and led by a licensed clinical therapist with specialized training in OCD, perinatal mental health, anxiety, ADHD, high-performing women, and trauma-informed care. We work exclusively with women, college-aged women, and high school-aged girls, because women deserve a space that was built specifically for them.

Everything at The Cottage is grounded in six pillars:

Evidence-based care — real clinical frameworks and research-backed tools, not trends. Community — because none of us were meant to navigate this alone. Holistic health — mind, body, and nervous system, because everything is connected. Sense of purpose — understanding what drives and motivates you at the deepest level. Resilience strategies— tools that work for real life, not just in theory. And yes, having a good time — because healing does not have to be heavy all the time.

We specialize in OCD and intrusive thoughts, perinatal mental health, anxiety and disorders of overcontrol, ADHD, and trauma-informed care. If any of that sounds like you, you are in the right place.

The door is always open. Meet me at the Cottage.