What I Believe
Working collaboratively, I approach counseling from a holistic perspective meaning I consider the whole person as I understand bodies, emotions, thoughts, and spirits to be intricately linked. I trust we’re all born with innate wisdom and have everything within us to transform. I see our relationship as a shared place of safety and trust where together we create the conditions for change.

Working Together
I bring my humanness, life experience, and humor to the therapeutic space along with education and training. In this process, my aim is to honor all parts of you and celebrate your strengths as well as understand things that are causing distress.

Balancing structure and flexibility, together we’ll:

• explore your goals and what’s most important to you;

• dig into relational patterns, coping strategies, and beliefs that may be outdated or no longer serving you;

• look at root causes of distress and explore unprocessed trauma;

• build upon your strengths; and

• fortify reconnection to your own sense of knowing.

My Influences
My work is trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and influenced by many sources. Some of these include existential psychology, parts work/Internal Family Systems-informed (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), polyvagal theory (relating to our nervous system), multiculturalism, and liberation psychology. I also work from a somatic perspective, which means learning the language of our bodies. Attuning to our body is a step toward understanding the effects of trauma and restoring trust and safety within.

Who I Work With
Having served in both community health and group practice settings, I have experience working with adults (18+) from a wide range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds including people of color, queer folks, immigrants, and emerging adults. I help folks looking for support with life challenges rooted in family of origin, identity and belonging, toxic workplaces, single-event and complex trauma, grief, substance use, and life transitions.

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Education & Credentials

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHC) | Washington State License #MHC.LH.70121409

• Master of Arts in Counseling | Antioch University Seattle

• Trauma Certificate | Antioch University Seattle

• EMDR trained | Institute of Creative Mindfulness

• EMDR Advanced Training EMDR | Trauma Therapist Institute (currently working toward EMDR certification)