Hello there! I’m Lacy.

After 7 years as a therapist, this one thing is still true: I experience deep joy in helping people heal from relational pain.

I’m an 80s baby who entered the world wide-eyed and in awe of the world around me. If you could see into my core, you’d discover the DNA of a people-person who remains insatiably curious about the human experience and delights in bringing out the best in others. But life isn’t always kind to open hearts, is it?

In my emerging adulthood, I was mired in a trap of hardwiring to please others. Silenced by shame and fearful of abandonment, I’d say “yes” at any opportunity to help someone else without paying attention to my own limits. What began as unfettered love slowly hardened into resentment. Back then, I saw myself as a Super Helper, not a human being.

My transformation into wholeness came slowly and all at once. I remember an autumn day jogging through golden woods when I encountered a message full of grace. I slowed my pace and felt the presence of an essential truth blooming within my chest: No matter how much or how little I was “doing” for others, I was worthy of love and belonging just for being me.

From that point on, I made the choice to center healing, safety, and freedom within myself and my relationships. As I moved forward on this new path of grace, I noticed cracks forming in the wall where resentment used to stand.

I began to learn how mutuality, self-compassion, and rest could result in a harmonious cycle of tending towards my own needs as well as the needs of others. Painful parts of my early years could finally emerge to receive tender and attuned care. Being able to speak openly during this shift with a trusted therapist in a tiny, ivy-filled office was essential for my growth.

Therapy played (and still plays) a pivotal part in my own becoming.

This is one way of saying that I learned the hard way what happens when we hustle and grind for our self-worth. Suffering led me to therapy. Love, curiosity, and wonder lead me now in the practice of being a therapist. I’m honored to accompany kindred spirits who are ready to experience freedom from familiar traps like perfectionism, guilt and shame, self-criticism, relational dysfunction, and emotional dysregulation.