You are not a diagnosis; your story is uniquely yours. If you're tired of hearing "I understand," I offer something more: unparalleled empathy forged by both comprehensive clinical expertise and a parallel, challenging personal journey. My professional expertise, spanning hospital nursing, management, hospice, home care, and elder/Veterans care, is grounded in the belief that every person's journey is unique. My profound empathy and resilience stem from a parallel personal life that demanded the same dedication. A young adulthood marked by the onset of unmanaged depression and anxiety led to self-destructive and high-risk behavior. Overcoming challenges to earn a degree in nursing brought hope yet symptom exacerbation of depression and anxiety due to frequent need for medication changes during the pregnancies of three children continued over the next decade. Further complications in pregnancy, including pre-eclampsia intensified as two of three newborns were admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after serious complications, one with several near death experiences and long term life altering effects. The challenging realities of raising children with ODD, ADHD, Tourette's, dyslexia, dyscalculia, auditory processing disorder, anaphylactic allergies and other complications has been a complex, enduring commitment of crisis. Furthermore, being the primary caregiver for my grandfather, supporting four grandparents through the dying process, coupled with assisting and advocating for multiple family members managing chronic and acute disorders as well as personal and work trauma, injury and illness, has created a unique ability to bridge the gap between clinical excellence and the deepest realities of human suffering. I offer not just advocacy, but true, compassionate partnership.