215 Coram Avenue
Shelton, CT 06484
203.710.3937
Why
I Do This Work
My journey has been shaped by a lifelong commitment to understanding children deeply — through their experiences, their expression,
and their health.
It started at home
Long before I became a naturopathic doctor, I learned what it looks like when a parent is carrying more than anyone else can see.
Growing up, I watched my mother advocate for my twin brother. I saw the appointments, the questions, the uncertainty, and the constant responsibility of making decisions without always having clear answers.
I saw what it meant to keep searching when something still didn’t make sense. I saw what it meant to be the person holding everything together.
Those experiences stayed with me.
They shaped how I listen to parents today.
I learned early that parents often carry more than anyone else can see.
Then came over 30 years of working with children.
My career began in creative arts therapy.
For more than three decades, I worked with children, adolescents, and families navigating emotional, behavioral, developmental, and learning challenges.
What I learned is that children communicate important information in many different ways. Sometimes through words. Sometimes through behavior. Sometimes through art, play, relationships, and the subtle patterns that emerge over time.
Again and again, I found that the most important information was rarely the first thing people noticed. It was often hidden beneath the surface, waiting for someone to recognize its significance.
The question that changed everything.
In 1995, I began working with a six-year-old boy with autism named Max.
I could see how he communicated — through art, through play, through patterns that emerged when words weren’t available. But I kept asking a question I couldn’t answer yet.
What was happening in his body that no one had connected to his behavior?
That question led me to naturopathic medicine.
Today my work brings together both disciplines — because the physiological and the expressive,
the lab work and the story, are both part of the same picture.
The answers are almost always there. They just need someone trained to look in more than one place.
The most important clinical information about a child
is rarely in the chart. It’s in their body, their story,
and the things they can only show you — not say.”
Credentials
Licensed Naturopathic Doctor (Connecticut and Vermont)
Art Therapist
Art Educator
30+ years supporting children, adolescents, and families
Artistic Director, SuperYou FUNdation
Educational & Special Needs Program Director, Hunt Hill Farm