I'm Dr. Jess. I love being an occupational therapist and have specialized training in sensory processing, DIR/Floortime, motor planning, nervous system regulation, reflex integration, play-based therapy, and sound therapies. But what I believe sets my work apart is that I also hold a master's and a PhD in child development with an emphasis in childhood mental health, which helps me understand your child from two directions at once. My OT background means I'm looking at how the body is organized: sensory processing, nervous system regulation, and movement. My graduate training means that I deeply understand the emotional, relational, and developmental picture, too. Those two lenses together help me comprehensively understand a child and build support around the whole child.

I'm also a mom of five boys, and my clinical work has been profoundly shaped by lived experience, including parenting triplets and an autistic child. When traditional school wasn't a good fit for my son, I found myself unexpectedly homeschooling. That journey transformed how I understood regulation, learning, and what it really means to support a child in a way that honors who they are, rather than trying to change them to fit systems not built for them. My experience as a parent has made me a deeply committed advocate for children and their families and a clinician who genuinely gets it.

I believe parents are the experts on their children, and it's a privilege to come alongside families, looking beneath surface behaviors to understand what's driving challenges and building practical, evidence-based supports that fit real life. My goal is for parents to feel informed and confident in their parenting, and for children to feel understood and good about who they are.

In my free time, I love being in nature, skiing with my family, and spending time with my dog Teddy. I also love to paint, and I frequently bring art into OT sessions because it's a great way to express emotions, process experiences, and build skills like bilateral integration, fine motor control, and motor planning.