Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Relationship Challenges
Attachment-based, somatic, and emotion-focused therapy for healing emotional wounds and living more authentically
Based in Vancouver, WA, Offering Therapy for Clients Throughout Washington State
We all encounter seasons in our lives where we struggle. This could look like feeling unsatisfied or lost in your life, dealing with painful emotions from childhood or past traumas, anxiety or depression, an underlying sense of low self-worth and shame, the pain of loss, or difficulties in relationships that cause ongoing distress.
Together, we can meet the challenges you carry with an open heart and curiosity, and move through pain, confusion, and stuckness into greater clarity, meaning, and a sense of aliveness.
This process often opens the door to greater contentment, a more regulated nervous system, deeper connections, and a greater sense of fullness in being alive.
I’ve been in practice for over seven years. While I tailor my approach to your needs and temperament, I draw primarily on somatic, emotion-focused, and attachment-based approaches. I also mix in cognitive and action-oriented ways of working when useful.
My style is not to just passively listen. In session, I work to witness your inner truths and emotional pain so you can feel truly understood. I ask questions, collaborate with you to consider new ways of looking at things, and work in safe ways to invite out painful emotions you may be carrying so they can be cared for and processed.
I am based in Vancouver, Washington and currently offer virtual therapy to clients throughout Washington State, including Seattle. In-person sessions in Vancouver will be available in the near future.
Clients of all identities are welcome in my practice. I am LGBTQ+ affirming.
Many people I work with are self-aware and insightful, yet find that insight alone has not resolved the emotional patterns they carry
Common issues I work with include:
Persistent anxiety in your mind and body that continues despite insight, understanding, or efforts to change it
Chronic or cyclical depressive feelings such as heaviness, numbness, despair, lack of interest or engagement in life, or difficulty feeling joy or connection
Feeling at times broken, unlovable, or ashamed, often with harsh self-criticism
Feeling stuck in a fight or flight response, chronic hypervigilance, chronic nervous system dysregulation, or emotional overwhelm
Difficult or confusing patterns in relationships, such as conflict dynamics, ambivalence, and emotional distance, or difficulty expressing your needs
Grief and loss, including death, breakups, identity loss, or other significant changes
Emotional wounds from childhood that continue to shape your self-worth, relationships, and emotional life
Addictive patterns or compulsive coping behaviors that lead to negative consequences
Difficulty feeling or managing anger in healthy ways, setting boundaries, or advocating for yourself
Feeling lost, directionless, or uncertain about your life or the future
The emotional impact of visible or invisible disabilities
How I Work
The therapy I offer focuses on helping you safely access emotions, heal emotional wounds, and shift patterns that are no longer serving you.
This process involves creating corrective emotional experiences in the session. Through having new experiences in the session, both internally and in the therapy relationship, parts of you that carry the emotional impact of painful past experiences can begin to soften and change.
We will pay close attention to your emotional experience, and to the sensations and reactions in the body, as emotional wounds are not just held in the mind, but also in the nervous system.
My work is attachment-informed, meaning we will explore how early life experiences and significant relationships in the past have shaped your emotional world, your sense of self, and your expectations of others. This process often leads to deep emotional resolution, greater self-compassion, and a stronger, more coherent sense of who you are.
Specifically, my work is informed by the following therapy modalities:
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) - A trauma-focused, emotionally-attuned, and somatic therapy aimed at creating emotional healing through corrective emotional experiences.
Internal Family Systems (IFS) - A form of parts work that helps foster a welcoming and curious stance toward all parts of your experience, including pain and the parts of yourself that feel most troublesome. In learning to offer these parts compassion and understanding, inner conflicts soften, allowing you to feel more whole and integrated, and able to act in ways that feel authentic and aligned with your values.
Principles of mindfulness, behavioral change, and cognitive therapy - Supporting self-awareness, nervous system regulation, and lasting change.
Education and Qualifications
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in practice for over 7 years
Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Antioch University Seattle
AEDP (Somatic, attachment-based, relational trauma therapy) Level 1
AEDP Level 2 - Essential Skills
AEDP Advanced Training - Completed numerous advanced skills trainings
Metta Group - Meditation x Attachment Level 1 & 2
Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Externship
EMDR Foundational Training (through EMDR Institute)
