Therapy For Trauma, Anxiety, Self-Esteem, Depression, and Relationships

In-Person and Online Sessions for Individuals and Couples

About My Therapy Practice

I offer therapy aimed at helping you to develop greater self-knowledge and to navigate the challenges in your life in ways that lead to growth, confidence, self-love, calmness, and healthy relationships. I also offer couples therapy.

Together, we will work with the difficulties in your life that arise from 1) present circumstances and 2) the beliefs and emotions from past experiences that you carry into the present (often from childhood adversities, socialization, and difficult past relationships). 

Common issues we might work with include:

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Unpacking childhood wounds and unconscious limiting beliefs 

  • Shame, low self-esteem, or body image

  • Grief and loss

  • Challenges in relationships (conflict, communication, insecure attachment, etc.)

  • PTSD (including complex PTSD from childhood trauma)

  • Relating to anger in healthy ways

  • Work and career

  • Developing greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence

  • Navigating the world as a highly sensitive person

  • Experiences related to visible or invisible disabilities

Clients of all identities are welcome in my practice. I am LGBTQ+ affirming.

What To Expect From Therapy

The heart of our work involves creating a therapy relationship in which you feel safe, accepted, and comfortable to share your full self. This type of therapy relationship allows a unique freedom to explore yourself and find previously unconsidered ways to live your life. 

In session, we will tune in with your present-moment experiences and bring our attention to the things going on emotionally for you that may be unconscious. Through this process, you will have new and healing experiences of emotional vulnerability, insight, and self-acceptance that you can take with you into your other relationships and to the most important relationship of all—your relationship with yourself. 

We will also work together to develop:

  • Attitudes and perspectives that help you better meet the challenges of your life

  • Clarity on your values and the goals you wish to pursue

  • Skills to better manage emotions and difficult thoughts (so they don’t get in the way of doing what really matters to you)

  • Plans to take action in your life to support your goals and needs

  • Skills in relationships to communicate more effectively, advocate for your needs, set boundaries, navigate conflict, and maintain healthy and realistic expectations

  • Compassion and empathy for yourself and others (including the parts of you that you don’t like, or that cause trouble for you—without giving those parts the reins of your life)

  • Knowledge about yourself: your needs, your temperament, your preferences, and what you can change in yourself vs what needs acceptance

My Approach

I combine somatic, relational, and emotion-focused approaches to therapy with cognitive and behavioral approaches. I fit my approach to meet your needs and temperament. Specifically, my work is informed by:

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) - An attachment-based, relational, somatic, and experiential trauma therapy

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - A research-backed approach to treating PTSD and bringing greater resolution to traumatic memories

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) - A model of “parts work.” This modality helps you understand the organization of your mind and offers tools to resolve inner conflicts and treat yourself with greater patience and compassion

  • Principles of mindfulness, behavioral change, and cognitive therapy

I’m a highly engaged therapist. This means I do not just passively listen. In session, I attune carefully to your words and the emotions underneath them. I share my thoughts to provide new perspectives and bring new awareness to patterns in your life. Additionally, I ask questions, look for opportunities for you to connect with yourself in new ways, and actively work to deepen the safety and openness of the therapeutic relationship.

Therapy can be a difficult process at times, but most clients find it rewarding and a very worthwhile endeavor. It’s also a process that requires your active participation and personal investment for it to be effective.

Therapy is an investment in learning about yourself and healing wounded parts of you now, rather than continuing to go in circles around the same sticky issues in your life and relationships for years to come. It is often the fastest path to living a life of greater freedom, connection, contentment, and meaning. 

Education and Qualifications

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in practice for over 5 years

  • Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University Seattle

  • AEDP (Somatic & Relational Trauma Therapy), Level 2 (aedpinstitute.org)

  • EFT Couples Therapy Externship (iceeft.com)

  • EMDR Clinical Training (emdr.com)