A journey of 15 years in the making.
My path to this work started in 2009, when I began studying mental health. I was drawn to understanding how people work — how the mind, the nervous system, and daily life all connect. After years in that world, I saw up close just how broken our mental health system often is — how behaviorally focused, how deficit-driven, how little space it left for people to just be themselves.
I entered the OT field in 2022, looking for something different. Then my own AuDHD diagnosis arrived — and everything shifted. What followed was a deep personal journey of unmasking, of learning how my own sensory system works, of processing how trauma had shaped my nervous system, and of building a life around accommodations that actually support me rather than forcing performance.
That experience fundamentally changed how I practice. I left behind the behavioral, compliance-based models I'd seen cause so much harm and built something different — an approach that treats neurological and psychological difference as meaningful information, not a problem to be corrected. I started asking better questions. Not "how do we fix this?" but "what does this person need to thrive as exactly who they are?"
Why I started Inner Reach Therapeutics
I wanted to create a practice where neurodivergent clients — whether newly diagnosed, self-identified, or still figuring it out — could receive OT that starts with deep respect for who they are.
A space where masking isn't the goal. Where sensory needs are taken seriously. Where you get to decide what a good life looks like for you — and we build a plan around that.
Inner Resilience, Outer Brilliance isn't just a tagline. It's what I believe every neurodivergent person already has inside them.