We all have stories full of complexity and emotion, and we all need collaborators in healing at one point or another. As I learn about your history and goals, I hope to join you as we navigate transitions or challenges showing up for you. My goal throughout therapy is to offer a space that is responsive to your needs. More than anything I want you to feel in charge of your healing, assuring that you have a compassionate and safe space to explore your inner life. I’m deeply committed to acknowledging and honoring our differences, and learning and growing from my own biases. In that spirit, I hope to utilize resonant cultural and spiritual aspects of your past or present to support you and cultivate your identity. I understand the deep understanding that can come from working with a therapist that shares aspects of my identity, and I hope to connect and support yours in flourishing. 

I feel drawn to support clients of all ages, including children, adolescents, couples and families, and have a passion for supporting neurodiverse, LGBTQIA+, and polyamorous communities.  I’m enlivened when I’m supporting life transitions, utilizing current research as well as a variety of modalities including compassion and emotionally focused therapy, as well as feminist therapy. Together, I hope to help you build stronger connections and uncover meaning in your experience through a safe and nurturing therapeutic relationship.

EDUCATION:

BA, University of Washington, Sociocultural Anthropology
MA, City University of Seattle, Bellevue, Teaching
MA, Bastyr University, Counseling Psychology

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