My Approach

I am passionate about meeting each client with deep listening, respect, and collaboration in service to their needs and goals. The models of therapy I use are experiential, depth-oriented, and view our symptoms, behaviors, and coping strategies as coherent (logical) given their context and history. These models include Somatic Experiencing, Organic Intelligence, Internal Family Systems, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. My areas of specialization include C-PTSD, PTSD, relationship issues, self-esteem and identity formation, and spirituality. I utilize lenses such as "re-parenting", parts work, body trust and body neutrality, and am affirming of LQBTQ+ identities and poly relationships.

I believe in basic human goodness and have huge compassion for the ways we are collectively positioned to live under stressful circumstances, often robbed of connection to community, place, and the ecologically sound day-to-day practices of our indigenous ancestors.

For many years, I was a dedicated student in a spiritual tradition that nourished me deeply and demanded more than I was able or wanted to give. After years of deconstruction, involving lots of learning and unlearning on the topics of identity, personal growth, feminism, queerness, race, and ancestry, I am passionate about supporting others with spiritual and religious concerns. These include religious trauma and deconstruction, developing secular spirituality, exploring one's beliefs or other traditions, and navigating issues that come up in mixed-faith relationships and families.

About Me

I live with my partner and kiddo in Milwaukie, OR (the ancestral home of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde). I love being outside (gardening, hiking, exploring, nature photography), writing, dancing, and doing amateur ceramics.

I have an MS in Marriage and Family Therapy and a BS in Psychology from Capella University, am a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), and have completed Externship and Modules 1 and 2 of EFT Core Skills through ICEEFT. I have continuing education training through several organizations, such as Organic Intelligence, The School For Body-Mind Centering, and IMPACT Bay Area.