Helping mission-driven teams move from confusion, disconnection, and burnout to aligned, sustainable impact.
You care about doing this right — creating safe, inclusive spaces where people can show up fully. But caring alone isn’t enough. You’ve tried to lead with integrity while navigating pushback, power imbalances, and a lack of practical guidance.
At Compassion Forward, we help you translate your values into action with clarity, collaboration, and heart.
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a clinical social worker and consultant with 15+ years of experience helping systems change from the inside out. I specialize in helping teams grow through discomfort, not avoid it — because that’s where transformation happens. My approach blends relational depth, systems thinking, and real-world strategy to help you build inclusive, trauma-informed spaces that hold people with care and accountability.
I partner with organizations and practitioners who want to strengthen their culture, deepen their leadership, and stay grounded in values — without burning out.
I provide accessible trainings that engage staff at all levels. Areas of expertise include movivational interviewing, trauma informed care, harm reduction, mental health, homelessness, engagement, crisis intervention/deescalation, self care, boundaries, and much more. I can collaborate with your team to adjust curriculum specifically tailored to your needs/mission.
I offer clinical supervision for individual practitioners and teams, with a focus on ethics, relational dynamics, and sustainable practice. My approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and designed to support critical thinking and clinical integrity.
Whether you're working with clients or shaping internal systems, I guide teams through the application of trauma-informed care, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing — with strategies that make sense in the real world.
I love working with interns and early-career professionals, helping them build confidence and capacity in ethical, trauma-informed work. I also help programs develop training structures, onboarding processes, and supervision systems that reflect their values.
Imagine meetings where everyone has a voice — and a shared vocabulary. Imagine trainings that spark curiosity instead of defensiveness. Imagine not having to carry the weight of culture change alone.
You can build a culture of care without compromising clarity or expectations. You just need the right support.
You’ve brought in the speakers. You’ve run the DEI surveys. You’ve tried to spark change. But nothing stuck. You’re not wrong to feel frustrated.
That’s because most change efforts don’t go deep enough to shift behavior, and most consultants don’t know how to meet people where they are. Our approach centers reflection, safety, and honest accountability — so the change you invest in lasts.
This isn’t about perfection — it’s about progress that’s real, human, and aligned with your values. We help you move forward with frameworks, tools, and support that fit your reality, not an ideal.
We hear these concerns all the time. And we address them with care, not pressure. The work we do together is designed to meet you where you are — not demand you become something you’re not.
The time you invest in your culture today shapes every interaction tomorrow.
You don’t need to figure this out alone. You just need a guide who can help you name what’s not working, co-create a path forward, and walk with you as you make change that matters.
We’re not here to fix you. We’re here to build with you.
