Nice to meet you!

A young woman with long light brown hair, blue eyes, wearing a black sheer blouse with lace details, a black top, and blue jeans, sitting on a pink chair against a plain white background.

I’m a licensed mental health counselor and artist based in the Portland metro area. I’m Romanian-American and grew up in Northern California, surrounded by the contrasts and beauty of city life, redwoods, mountains, and the Pacific Ocean. Over the years, I’ve built relationships with many cities and cultures—but today, I’m grateful to call the Pacific Northwest home.

My path to becoming a therapist has been deeply shaped by personal healing work, creative exploration, and a lifelong curiosity about what helps people grow.

I hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, and I’ve trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, and mindfulness-based approaches.

I also draw on my lived experience of living between two cultures, recovery, meditation, and therapeutic tools that have shaped my own healing and worldview.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked in art, fashion, technology, and Buddhist meditation, and I continue to weave those threads into my work today.

Outside the therapy room, I’m reconnecting with nature, making more art, and remembering that healing happens in community, in creativity, and in the small everyday moments.

Also, if you're into astrology: Virgo Sun, Libra Moon, Cancer Rising.

  • Oregon Licensed Professional Counselor License #C7654

    Washington Licensed Mental Health Counselor #LH61471764

    National Board Certified Counselor #1734901

  • Palo Alto University 2020 M.A. Mental Health Counseling - Palo Alto, CA

    Fashion Institute of Technology 2012 B.S. Art History & Museum Theory - New York, NY

    Internal Family Systems

    • Level 1 - December 2025

    • PESI: Complete Internal Family Systems Immersion

    Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute

    • Level 1: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Responses, and Trauma Memory

    • Level 2: Developmental Injury & Attachment Trauma

    The DBT Clinic - 300 supervised clinical hours of DBT-informed counseling

    • Fluence + Journey Clinical: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Theory & Methodology

    • Polaris Insight Center, CA - Ketamine Assisted Therapy: Module 1 + 2 + 3 + Music for KAP

    • The Center for Optimal Living, NY - Working with Psychedelics to Treat Substance Use Issues - Harm-Reduction Framework

    • Lewis & Clark College, OR

      • Ethical and Multicultural Considerations When Working With Psychedelics in Addiction Recovery

      • Entheogen Assisted Therapy & Integration

    • MAPS- Psychedelic Science Webinar Series

    • Psychedelic Coalition for Health Symposium

    • LightSong School of 21st Century Shamanism and Energy Medicine: Level 1 - Basic Shamanic Journey Skills

    • Walk & Talk Therapy

    • Complicated Grief

    • Interventions for Anxiety, ADHD, Depression

    • Art Therapy Interventions for Anxiety, Chronic Pain and Addictions

    • Psychedelic Integration + Harm Reduction

    • Required CEs include: Suicide Prevention, Law & Ethics, Multicultural Competency, Diagnosis and Assessment

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