Hello there!
Visual communication has always been at the heart of what I do. Over the years, my career has taken me through interior styling, environmental design, visual merchandising, art direction, and education—alongside many years as a clinical psychotherapist. It may sound like a winding path, but there’s a clear thread running through it all: a deep respect for space.
The spaces we live in, heal in, work in, and move through every day quietly shape how we feel and behave—often without us even realizing it. I’ve long believed that our environments have a powerful (and often underestimated) influence on our mental health and wellbeing. With that belief guiding my work, I approach design as more than an aesthetic pursuit; it’s an emotional one. Design doesn’t just shape buildings and rooms—it subtly shapes our internal states, too.
Because of this, I chose to pair my degree in interior design with a master’s degree in clinical psychology, allowing me to bridge the gap between how spaces look and how they make us feel. My graduate degree in psychology gives me a deep understanding of human behavior and how we operate within our homes, commercial and retail settings.
After years working at the intersection of design and psychology, I began sharing this perspective with others. I developed a Design Psychology course and have spent over a decade teaching architects and designers how to thoughtfully integrate psychological principles into their work.
Today, I also bring this design psychology lens into my art direction work—shaping photo shoots with intention, mood, and emotional resonance so the visuals don’t just look beautiful, they feel right.