Claire earned her Undergraduate degree in Psychology and a master’s in education with a focus on Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Montevallo. After completing her master’s she worked in both residential and professional programs while also engaging in a successful private practice.  

She brings an extensive and profound knowledge of deep individual and family work, using her talents as a well-seasoned clinician using various modalities and experiences to enhance each client’s therapeutic journey. She brings a broad range of past experiences including her work as Clinical Director, Director of Business Development, and has shared her gifts with programs throughout the country by facilitating training and supervision for other clinicians desiring to grow in their professional development.

Claire excels in using experiential therapies in order to promote an optimal treatment experience. She has committed her clinical practice to create a safe environment for all clients on their healing journey. She believes that “showing”, and not just telling one’s story provides a more profound opportunity for growth and recovery. She strives to focus on finding the humanity in each soul that walks in our doors and aims to engage each with compassionate curiosity through a lens of truth without judgment.

Claire is the first to share that her clinical expertise stems from her own personal therapeutic work. She remains committed to do her own deep dive into her personal work in order to not only better her own life experience but to ensure her connection to clients in a uniquely authentic way. She enjoys speaking and can be found presenting at conferences, a guest on podcasts and featured in blogs and magazines such as Good Grit.

Being “Mama Bear” to her incredible kiddos leading them into the great wild world is by far her proudest role. She loves Bluegrass music, might play a stringed instrument or two, loves to jam, makes a really great pie and can sit on the beach for eight hours straight. Claire’s perfect Saturday would be creating an art project with her children, a walk in the woods, good coffee, awesome breakfast and maybe a phone call with the folks, Keith and Steph.