Talk 1-on-1 with a Peer Specialist About Bipolar 2

Grounded support for real life and recovery.

Experienced peer support for emotional clarity. MHPS.

ICF ACC/Peer Specialist/Coach in mental health & recovery

Here to help you navigate your recovery and healing.

CPSS, Art Therapy Facilitator, Creative, Trauma Survivor, Narcissistic Abuse Survivor, Bipolar, STE, Spiritual Emergence. After a sharp hit to the skull, I had my first psychosis at the age of 33. Rather than getting imaging done, the ER assumed it was psychological and sent a psychiatrist to diagnose me with bipolar disorder. No physical check was done, no evaluation of my past family trauma. I believe I had a Spiritually Transformative Experience or Spiritual Emergence. I've had a few since then and have realized that I want to be a part of fixing a broken health care system. I've survived emotionally immature parents (a complacent mother and narcissistically abusive father), abusive siblings, and I'm still working on myself to this day. Writing has helped me with perspective, I hope to publish my memoir soon. I am also an artist who is certified as an art therapy facilitator to compliment my CPSS (certified peer support specialist) that I received in the state of Arizona.

Bold Emotional & Spiritual Recoveries. Faith-based.

I have become a Certified Peer Support Specialist because my life has been shaped by trauma, mental illness, and years of trying to cope without understanding or support. After childhood abuse, a difficult time in Air Force, church-related trauma, a bipolar II diagnosis, and eventual burnout, my recovery began through trauma‑informed care, medication, my service dog Violet, and my faith in God. These experiences have equipped me to offer others empathy, hope, and guidance on their own healing journeys.

I have lived experience with bipolar disorder, borderline personality, panic disorder/agoraphobia, PTSD, and addiction with most of it starting in my early childhood years. I’m now sober and live my life in recovery since December of 2023. Recovery isn’t always going to be perfect, and as a peer support specialist, I want to provide a safe and supportive nonjudgmental space where others feel heard, understood, and connected.