Chief Clinical Officer
Location: St. Paul & Woodbury, Telehealth and/or In Person
Pronouns: She/Her
I have been an owner at Natalis since 2014, however, I have worked at Natalis since 2006. I started as an intern for my doctorate program and fell in love with community practice. I am a marriage and family therapist and a clinical psychologist with degrees from MN School of Professional Psychology and Argosy University. I am passionate about working with adolescents, families, and couples. I am also very passionate about training and supervision of upcoming change artists in the field. I continue to see clients but on a smaller scale as I took on leadership and co-ownership of Natalis in 2010.
I was Natalis’ chief operating officer, COO, since 2014. A pivotal time in my career as COO was in 2021 when my business partner, Dr. Greg Picker, PsyD, LP, and I made the decision to merge with 2 other companies, River City Clinic (Dr. Mark Hansen, PhD, LP) and Counseling Psychologists of Woodbury (Dr. Robin McLeod, PhD, LP). We signed the papers to merge and 1-week later MN ordered all residents to shelter in place due to COVID-19. My role was to move our admin team and clinicians’ home and structure policy and procedures to continue our work via telehealth. It was a fast and arduous process; however, it gave me an opportunity to grow as a leader and make connections with an entirely new group of people from a completely new lens. As such, I became even more impassioned about relationships and how important they are specifically in a time of isolation. Cue my transition to chief clinical officer, CCO.
My role as CCO is all about relationship building and maintenance. As CCO, I see it as my job to set the tone and create culture at Natalis. I do this with 2 active business partners, Dr. Hansen and Dr. Picker, and a team of 12 leads that I support to guide our admin and clinicians to serve our mission at Natalis which is making a difference-healing, empowering, transforming-together.
When I am not at work, I enjoy time with my partner and children. I love traveling, music and being outside.