Therapeutic Approach:
Stories create meaning. What is the story that you are telling yourself about your life? Where are you in your character arc? I would love to hear your story. To journey with you as you embark on exploring new ways of telling it and living it.
I work with caregivers, parents, couples, and book lovers- with special considerations around grief and anger. My approach is based in attachment and relational theory where the process of therapy mirrors, explores, and challenges the attachment narratives past and present in your life.
Please note, I also provide specialty care for people on their parenting and reproductive journey. Please see my page on Parental and Perinatal Therapy for specifics.
Specializations:
In addition to my work with adults from the general population and the work I do specifically with the parenting and perinatal population, I also specialize in working with grief of different kinds. I have worked extensively with people with chronic and terminal illnesses, as well as their caregivers. Grief, loss, creating meaning, and adaptation to new circumstances are powerful forces in all of our lives and can show up in many different ways.
My Background
I am a graduate of the University of Washington’s Masters in Social Work, 2017. I hold an independent license in clinical social work in WA state, License #61089229. I received my undergraduate degree in psychology and English literature at University of Washington in 2011. I have been continuously working in aspects of individual and community mental health ever since.
I continue to read, attend trainings, and participate in clinical consultation on a regular basis in order to grow as a therapist. I am humbled every day by the knowledge and abilities of the people who come to therapy and I am driven to learn the best tools available to serve them.
When I am not at work, you will find me enjoying a good book with my cat “Mayhem”, exploring nature, bicycling to dance class, and enjoying quality time, coffee, and food with friends and family.
Feel free to ask me questions about my life. I understand that it can be important to find a therapist who shares similar identities or experiences to you. I am happy to try to help you find someone who might be a good fit, if I am not.
Some of the modalities, issues, and populations I work with:
-Adult Children of Emotionally limited/difficult Parents
-Anger expression
–Anxiety
-Attachment Based Therapy
-Artistic & Creative expression
-Body image issues, and survival in the face of discrimination. Fat liberation and anti-oppression framework from allied perspective.
-Caregiving/care-receiving relationships
-Chronic illnesses, including recent diagnosis, quality of life goals, end of life planning, & living with illness
-Dating/ Companionship/ Friendship/Support building
-Depression
-Emotional Loneliness
-Divorce/ separation/ break-ups
-Gender spectrum affirming and trans-positive care
-Guilt/Shame
-Grief
-Infant & toddler parenthood
-Life transitions/identity shifts
-Prenatal & Postpartum changes. Including mood disorders & relationship issues.
-Reproductive: discernment/questioning, infertility, 2 week wait, pregnancy support, pregnancy complications, medical anxiety, NICU stays, miscarriage, infant loss, abortion, family planning, newborn adjustment, child-free by choice
-Relationships of all kinds. LGBTQIA & Poly/kink affirming
-Sexuality: Spontaneous/responsive desire. Sexual concerns. Desire differences in relationships, etc. Comfortable talking about whatever concerns you may have around sexuality.
-Sleep improvement
-Systemic oppression: racism, sexism, ableism, ageism, size-ism, discrimination, climate-change, global-warming, capitalism, inter-generational poverty, & more! (unfortunately)
-Spirituality & religious connection or woundedness
-Traumatic experiences/trauma processing. Trauma informed care
-Work based stress, career transitions, value based decision making, prioritization and boundaries
-Z: people who read whole lists (and who enjoy occasional humor)
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