ABOUT
Motus Therapy is a small, private psychotherapy practice rooted in the belief that relationships and the innate human need for connection are essential to our vitality and emotional well-being. I believe there is power in the ability to connect to our emotions and transformative change when we learn to harness that power. I work with individuals, families, and couples to explore themselves and their relationships, challenge persistent patterns from the past, and break negative emotional cycles. My goal is to foster new hope and support you in building lasting, authentic connections.
Motus Therapy: an eMotion journey to wellness.
My career began first with earning my Master’s in Teaching. I loved helping young people learn and grow, and I enjoyed collaborating with parents to better understand their children’s developmental needs so they could support them effectively at home. Then I hit pause to raise my own family—a ride I’m still on! This time deepened my understanding of family dynamics firsthand—and the importance of connection (even when that connection meant chaos and tantrums).
Later, I followed my curiosity for people into the world of psychotherapy and earned a Master of Social Work from Simmons University. During my clinical training at Yale’s Child Study Center, I had the privilege of working with complex family systems and resilient adolescents facing unimaginable challenges. It was there that I truly saw how the wounds of past trauma can linger, disrupting the fundamental need for connection and trust that we all crave.
Through these collective lived and learned experiences, I’ve come to understand that past attachment wounds don’t just vanish—they persist and often repeat in every connection until they’re acknowledged and repaired. The choice is clear—and it’s ours, every day: repeat or repair.
My journey
Today, I like to celebrate hitting all the green lights in New York City—-a truly triumphant moment!—and still acknowledging the many moments when I am overwhelmed and want to hang a “for sale” sign on my beautiful blocky-head yellow lab for once again dragging every item from the garbage can across the front lawn. But, that’s why I do this work: to hold space for the messy, the beautiful, and everything in between. I love helping individuals, couples, and families rebuild trust, find hope, and reconnect—because deep down, we all just want to feel seen, heard, and belong somewhere in-between the messy and beautiful.
