About Me

All touch is necessary for all humans to thrive. Skilled touch is health maintenance, not a luxury.

Originally from Dallas, I studied cultural anthropology at Hendrix College, and medicine at the University of Arkansas, before realizing I was called to work with people, one on one, in the communication of therapeutic touch. I obtained my Colorado manual therapy license with 1000+ hours from Healing Spirits Massage Training Program in Boulder, CO, and attend approximately 45 hours in-person continuing education annually. I'm a member of the American Massage Therapy Association and the Massage Therapy Foundation which supports evidence-based massage through funding research.

A large part of my practice involves specific injury, chronic pain syndrome, sports injuries, post cancer/radiation treatment, auto-immune disorders, fascial abnormalities and post surgical manual therapy. Yet, the key to success in all these treatments is the same: creating a safe, healing environment; if I can assist a client's nervous system to calm, the brain will do the work the body needs regardless of the technique used although experience is a factor. All my clients feel cared for, not "worked over," and their needs attended. I focus on ability, not disability, and empower and facilitate my clients to heal and maintain themselves.

Formerly, I trained caregivers for a prominent national home care company in Colorado and am a strong believer in the power of touch therapy with Alzheimer's disease (+ all dementias) sufferers, up to and including end of life. 

I am certified in Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) and use it to treat post surgical/injury/cancer treatment edemas, chronic heart/kidney failure edemas, lipedema, and diagnosed lymphedema in conjunction with a hospital-based Certified Lymphedema Therapist and/or physician. MLD has also proven effective in the treatment of tinnitus, Meniere's Disease, Lyme Disease, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic sinusitis, fibromyalgia plus generalized swelling during pregnancy, post radiation treatments, and post surgical conditions of all kinds including cosmetic surgery. Edema (swelling) causes a good deal of post surgical pain often overlooked by most care providers, and gentle MLD can be administered at any time post surgery. Post cosmetic surgery after care and ACE cupping is also a niche specialty of mine.

For clients in need of deep relaxation with or without therapeutic treatments, I am trained in Phenomenal Touch (Bruder Method) which is a 3D approach to the body and general somatic work based on the latest research in neuroscience. I also love deep (yet relaxing) therapeutic work for athletes to maintain function and avoid injury, and perform whole body facilitated stretching for all ages, including individualized, gentle, necessary stretching for the hypermobile, clients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, polio syndromes, Parkinson's dystonia, myasthenia gravis, and cerebral palsy. My youngest client was in utero, and my oldest client over 100.

I am a City of Boulder-certified Safe Provider, and do not discriminate on the basis of color, gender expression or identity, nationality, or religion.