About Me & My Approach

My approach to therapy is grounded in kind curiosity and a non-judgmental space where you can be open about what you’re struggling with and explore meaningful ways your life and relationships might change. I don’t believe therapy is about “fixing” people—it’s about human-to-human support, understanding, and creating the conditions for growth and healing.

Together, we find a rhythm that feels supportive and respectful of your needs and life context. I view healing as something that happens both within us and in relationship. Much of our pain is shaped by personal history—our families, our relationships, and the ways we learned to survive and make meaning. At the same time, our struggles do not exist in isolation. They are embedded within larger systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, religion, and culture. Therapy is a place where we can gently explore both your individual story and the broader relational and societal contexts that have shaped you.

I believe in the idea of the wounded healer—that our shared humanity allows for deep understanding and connection—while honoring that each person’s experience is unique. I strive to meet clients with humility, empathy, and deep respect for their resilience. I also believe people benefit from understanding their own values, rather than living primarily by the expectations or authorities of others, and from learning how to live in alignment with what truly matters to them.

Therapeutic Influences

My work is integrative and relational, drawing from:

• Family systems and attachment-based approaches

• Somatic and experiential therapies

• Internal Family Systems

• Jungian oriented therapy

• Trauma-informed care

• Existential and depth psychology

• Narrative and emotion-focused therapy

• Mindfulness- and compassion-centered practices

• Schema therapy

• Psychodynamic theory

• Feminist and liberation psychology

Therapy is a place to be accompanied—thoughtfully, respectfully, and without judgment—as you find your way forward.

Areas of Special Focus

Couples Therapy

My approach helps couples slow down and understand the patterns that keep them stuck—how attachment needs, past experiences, and protective parts shape communication and conflict. Rather than positioning partners as adversaries, I support couples in becoming a team: learning to communicate more clearly, repair conflict more effectively, and build emotional safety, trust, and connection together.

I also work with couples seeking healing after infidelity. Additionally, I work with couples navigating the transition into parenthood, a season that often intensifies old patterns and brings new relational stressors. I provide couples therapy grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, attachment theory, family-of-origin work, and Internal Family Systems (IFS).

Discernment Counseling

Discernment Counseling is a structured process for couples when they are unsure about continuing the relationship. Rather than moving immediately into traditional couples therapy, discernment counseling creates a thoughtful space to slow down and better understand what has happened in the relationship, what each partner has contributed to the current difficulties, and whether there is sufficient willingness and capacity to work toward change. Through a combination of joint and individual conversations, the process helps clarify direction with care and honesty.

Couples typically choose one of three paths: maintain the status quo for now, move toward separation, or commit to a period of couples therapy with intention and focus. The goal is not to pressure a particular outcome, but to support clarity, dignity, and compassionate decision-making about the future of the relationship. This approach is grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), exploring repeating conflict patterns, attachment theory, systems theory, schema therapy, and identification of values.

Adult Family Relationships Therapy

I specialize in working with adult children navigating complicated relationships with parents and siblings—particularly when high control, codependency, emotional immaturity, abuse, neglect, or personality disorders are present. This work often involves boundary-setting, grief, and relational healing. I work with individuals and, when appropriate, with willing parent–adult child pairs seeking repair.

I also work with adult children navigating the emotional and practical complexities of caring for aging parents. This stage of life can bring up grief, responsibility, guilt, and unresolved dynamics—especially when past aspects of the relationship have been painful or harmful. Some people are also facing the difficult question of whether and how much they want to be involved in a parent’s care. In therapy, we create space to explore these layered feelings, clarify boundaries, and support thoughtful decision-making. My goal is to help clients care for themselves while navigating caregiving with greater meaning, clarity, compassion, and emotional steadiness.

ADHD and Neurodiversity

I bring both professional and personal experience with ADHD and neurodiversity to my work. Many adults with ADHD describe their experience as noticing too much—both externally and internally—rather than a simple lack of attention. The brain can struggle to filter sensory input, which can lead to feeling overwhelmed by environmental stimulation and mental overload. At the same time, ADHD can include periods of hyperfocus, where someone becomes deeply absorbed in a task they find engaging and may lose track of time or find it hard to shift attention, sometimes creating task paralysis.

For many adults, ADHD also shows up as internal restlessness—a constant flow of ideas and thoughts rather than outward hyperactivity. Alongside these challenges, ADHD can also offer strengths such as creativity, intuition, and the superpower of hyperfocus. Many adults carry years of frustration or self-criticism from feeling misunderstood or judged. In therapy, we take a compassionate, neurodiversity-affirming approach to understanding how your brain and nervous system work, focusing on developing practical strategies while also building on your natural strengths.

Therapy for Perimenopause and Menopause

This stage of life can be emotionally turbulent and deeply disorienting, often arriving in early to mid 40’s with little cultural awareness and preparation. I support in navigating value realignments, mood changes, identity shifts, grief, anger, and the cultivation of self-compassion during this transition.

Life Transitions Therapy & Existential Realignment in Values

I love to work with people facing midlife questions, value shifts, and “now what?” moments—times when old ways of living no longer fit and new meaning is still forming. I approach humans as always in a state of becoming, using imagination, openness, and intentionality to shape what comes next—or to support acceptance and coping skills when life unfolds beyond our choosing.

Expat Therapy - Transitions & Relocation

I guide people through the emotional and relational complexities of moving to another country. While this can be hopeful and exciting, it often includes grief, fear, cultural shock, and identity shifts. Having personally experienced this transition, I offer grounded support through the emotional and practical challenges involved.

Therapy and Creativity

I value creative pathways to healing. Poetry, music, stories, and art can offer language where words alone fall short. For many people, reflecting on meaningful lyrics, narratives, or images opens powerful avenues for self-understanding and relational insight.

Trauma Therapy & Recovery from Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence

I work with individuals healing from sexual violence and intimate partner violence, including the potential retraumatizing impact of legal and social systems and the long-term process of recovery. I am deeply familiar with the lasting effects of sexual and emotional abuse and the ways trauma can shape the nervous system, relationships, sense of self, and capacity for trust.

I understand the silence that can come from fear, the courage it takes to speak, and the pain of not being believed. I also recognize how common myths about violence—often present in social and legal spaces—can deepen harm and isolation. In therapy, these experiences are met with care, validation, and respect.

Healing is not linear. It often includes grief, anger, confusion, and moments of profound strength. While each person’s path is unique, many people find that with support there is a way back to a sense of self—or toward a self that feels more grounded, whole, and at peace. Even joy can be possible again. Therapy can offer a steady, relational space to move at your own pace and reconnect with your body, voice, and inner knowing.

Gender and Sexuality Therapy

I am LGBTQIA+, kink-, and poly-affirming, with experience supporting transgender and gender-diverse clients.

Religiosity and Spirituality

I hold reverence for and openness towards one’s personal faith and spirituality in many forms. I also support those healing from religious trauma.

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Education

• Master's Degree in Psychology, Couple and Family Therapy  - Antioch University, Seattle

• Bachelor of Arts in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Honors - University of Washington

Awards

• Student of the Year 2016 Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy

• Women Studies Capstone Award for thesis on Healing after Sexual Violence

• Sterling and Gene Munro Fellow for Public Service 

Advocacy & Service

• Guest Lecturer in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Courses 

• RAINN Speakers Bureau - The nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization

• P.A.V.E., Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment

• Designed and taught a course focusing on Self-care in Social Justice Work

• New Graduates Address Speaker at UW Women Studies Graduation 

• Home Alive Volunteer, Fundraiser, and Auction Contributor

• Women Studies Departmental Development Advancement Committee Member

• Legal Voice Volunteer

• Washington Community Action Network Volunteer

Memberships

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

• Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT)

• Psychology Today 

License

• Marriage and Family Therapist License Washington State LF61136552

• NPI 1861939472

• Vermont Teletherapy License number 100.0134298TELE

• South Carolina Teletherapy License number 1108

• Delaware Telehealth License number MI-0000146

• Florida Telehealth License number TPMF1298