Hi, I'm Jill.

My path into psychiatry wasn't driven simply by a fascination with mental health. It began with a lifelong curosity about what shapes us, what helps us heal, and what it truly means to live a meaningful, authentic life. That curosity continues to guide my work everyday.

Over the course of my career, I've had the privilege of caring for individuals across a wide range of psychiatric settings including emergency and crisis psychiatry, community mental health, early psychosis treatment, and outpatient care. I’ve sat with people through some of the most difficult moments of their lives—navigating psychosis, suicidality, trauma, poverty, grief, and the kinds of suffering that don't always fit neatly into a diagnostic code. Those experiences reinforced something I continue to believe today: while diagnoses can provide important clarity and guide treatment, they rarely tell the whole story.

There have been seasons in my own life that challenged my identity, required me to begin again, and taught me that healing is rarely linear. I’ve asked myself questions like: Who am I outside of the roles I’ve played? What happens when the life I’ve built no longer feels like mine? How do I find my way back to myself? For me, answering those questions has sometimes meant making the difficult choice to leave behind a life I once thought I’d have forever, and finding the courage to begin again in a way that felt more aligned with who I was becoming.

Those experiences didn't make me an expert in someone else's story, but they taught me how deeply identity can become intertwined in our relationships, roles, accomplishments, and way of surviving and how meaningful it can be to have support as we find our way back to ourselves.

Together, those experiences led me to ask the same question again and again:

What if we became just as curious about the person as we are about the diagnosis?

That question became the foundation of Soulfloria.

Today, I bring together evidence-based psychiatry with a deeply relational, and collaborative approach to care. Whether medication becomes part of your treatment or not, my goal is to understand not only what you're experiencing, but who you are—your relationships, your life experiences, your strengths, your values, and every dimension that makes your story uniquely yours.

I don't believe healing means becoming someone different. I believe it's about reconnecting with the parts of yourself that may have been hidden beneath survival, pain, or life's challenges. Our work together helps you move beyond surviving and toward a life that feels more grounded, connected, and authentically your own.