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Mental Health Support for Medical Professionals Experiencing Burnout, Grief, and Overwhelm in Salem, Portland & across Oregon
Mental Health Support for Medical Professionals Experiencing Burnout, Grief, and Overwhelm in Salem, Portland & across Oregon
Support for the humans wearing the scrubs, white coats, and impossible expectations.
Support for the humans wearing the scrubs, white coats, and impossible expectations.
You used to feel steady. Now you wake up bracing yourself.
Before your shift even starts, you can feel the heaviness, the dread, the pressure that hits before your badge even clips on.
Your mind is already scanning for what might go wrong, who needs something, what chart is late, what admin task will cost you your evening.
You’ve trained for years, sacrificed so much, built a life around helping others… and yet lately you don’t even feel like yourself.
On the outside, you appear composed and capable, but inside there’s a part of you that is unraveling.
You used to walk into work with purpose.
Now you walk in feeling behind, depleted, invisible, or quietly wondering, “How much longer can I keep doing this?”
You used to hold space with empathy.
Now you’re numb, irritable, snapping at colleagues or your partner, or crying on the drive home.
You used to have a life outside medicine.
Now your body feels neglected, your relationships stretched thin, your hobbies forgotten.
And the hardest part?
Everyone thinks you’re fine because you’re still performing like you always do.
Medicine forgets you’re human. I don’t.
Medicine forgets you’re human. I don’t.
If you're in healthcare you’re a human being carrying more than your nervous system was ever built for in a system that asks too much, gives too little, and rarely treats you like a person.
If you're in healthcare you’re a human being carrying more than your nervous system was ever built for in a system that asks too much, gives too little, and rarely treats you like a person.
It’s no wonder you feel overwhelmed
It’s no wonder you feel overwhelmed
You’re asked to care for more patients than you have time for.
You’re expected to function flawlessly while understaffed, under-rested, and overburdened.
You’re exposed to trauma most people never see: codes, rapid responses, pregnancy loss, suicide attempts, impossible decisions, devastating conversations.
You go to work sick, skip meals, hold your bladder for hours, and keep going anyway.
Healthcare professionals carry the weight of the U.S. medical system on their backs and they’re expected to smile through it.
Healthcare professionals carry the weight of the U.S. medical system on their backs and they’re expected to smile through it.
You deserve a space where you don’t have to be:
You deserve a space where you don’t have to be:
the calm one
the strong one
the unshakeable one
the resilient one
the one who “can handle anything”
You deserve a space to be human.
You deserve a space to be human.
You want more than burnout recovery. You want yourself back.
You want more than burnout recovery. You want yourself back.
You want to
You want to
stop waking up with dread
feel grounded and capable again
actually enjoy your life, not just survive it
have energy left for your family, relationships, and body
rediscover hobbies and pleasure
feel connected, present, and emotionally available
stop apologizing for needing rest
loosen the grip of perfectionism
feel like your work matters — without it consuming you
Therapy is where you can finally put the armor down.
Therapy is where you can finally put the armor down.
Working with me is not about “fixing” you — because you aren’t broken.
Working with me is not about “fixing” you — because you aren’t broken.
It’s about helping you
It’s about helping you
understand what burnout, overwhelm, trauma exposure, and chronic stress are doing to your mind and body
loosen impossible internal standards
reconnect with the parts of you medicine has pressed into the background
cultivate self-compassion (yes, even you)
set boundaries that protect your humanity
explore who you are beyond your role
build a life that feels sustainable and deeply your own
My approach is warm, human, evidence-based, and deeply attuned to the realities of healthcare work.
My approach is warm, human, evidence-based, and deeply attuned to the realities of healthcare work.
I understand healthcare professionals deeply
I understand healthcare professionals deeply
I’ve spent more than a decade in healthcare systems.
I’ve spent more than a decade in healthcare systems.
Primary Care
completing a two-year fellowship in primary care psychology
Academic Medicine Leadership
Academic Medicine Leadership
serving as Behavioral Health Clinical Director at OHSU Family Medicine
Inpatient Medicine, ED & ICU
Inpatient Medicine, ED & ICU
training residents, physicians, and medical teams
Health Start-Up Founder
Health Start-Up Founder
co-founding Tend Health, a national mental health company serving medical professionals exclusively for five years
You don’t have to explain how the system works.
I’ve sat in exam rooms, team rooms, huddles, and hallways.
I’ve listened to exhausted clinicians whisper, “I can’t keep doing this.”
I’ve seen the cracks the public doesn’t see.
You don’t have to translate anything for me.
I know the language, the culture, the unspoken rules of medicine.
I know the pressure and the cost.
I get it.
I’m here to help you find a life that doesn’t require losing yourself.
I’m here to help you find a life that doesn’t require losing yourself.
Who I support
Who I support
I work with healthcare professionals across Oregon — in Salem, Portland, Bend, Lake Oswego and beyond — including:
physicians
residents & fellows
nurse practitioners
PAs
nurses
surgeons
hospitalists
OB/GYNs
emergency physicians
mental health clinicians
healthcare leaders & administrators
If you care for others for a living… this space is for you.
If you care for others for a living… this space is for you.
Trying to stay whole in systems that often forget you're human.
Trying to stay whole in systems that often forget you're human.
You’re allowed to get support.
You’re allowed to rest.
You’re allowed to begin again.
You’re allowed to get support.
You’re allowed to rest.
You’re allowed to begin again.
Getting started is simple
Getting started is simple
Schedule a free consultation to see if we’re a good fit.
Meet for your first session, in person in Silverton or via telehealth anywhere in Oregon.
Start finding calm, clarity, and space to breathe
Schedule your consultation today and take the first step toward feeling calm, connected, and whole again.
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