We all experience rupture.

How do you navigate through it?

I know some approaches that work.

 

Create Space for Empathy

No matter the nature of what’s challenging for you, therapy can help you find your way to improved empathy and patience. These skills reduce stress, giving you room to feel, stretch, grow and manage the stresses of life that are unavoidable.

Identifying the Shift

A beautiful gift of therapy is the focus on all that is possible. Crises tend to blind us to the shifts we can make to bring about change. With an acknowledgment of what exactly needs to shift, you’ll find commitment to seeing the change through.

Communication is Key

Communication is a critical element for successful relationships. We communicate with ourselves, our partners, our family members. We don’t always do this kindly, or skillfully--then conflict arises or escalates. Therapy offers tools to circumvent this escalation: by communicating better, you’ll find yourself in fewer conflicts.

You are Your Story

Your story contains everything we need to know about accessing the change you seek. I will listen, deeply, and together we’ll pull apart the events, connective tissues and framework until we see the picture anew. We’ll take it slow. We’ll tease out truth from perspective. You’ll see the roles you play.

 

IDENTITY

  • Cisgender

  • Transgender

  • Gender-Queer

  • Questioning

  • Intersex

  • Asexual

  • Androgynous

  • Two Spirit

  • Non-Binary

  • Butch

  • Femme

CONFIGURATION

  • Straight

  • Lesbian

  • Gay

  • Bisexual

  • Queer

  • Couple

  • Throuple

  • Polyam

  • Consensual Non-Monogamy

  • Kink

EXPERIENCES

  • Intimacy

  • Sexuality

  • Trauma

  • Life Changes

  • Trust Ruptures

  • Conflict

  • Transitioning

  • Internalized Oppression

  • Discrimination

  • Coming Out

  • Blended Families

 

Categories are problematic! These are meant to be suggestive, not exhaustive or finite.

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All relationships interest me.
Even those I have never heard of. I need you to be at least two people in a family system. Beyond that, I welcome what you bring.

About Me

My therapeutic approach utilizes a person-centered, integrative, systems lens that looks at the connections with other people in our lives to determine contributing influences on our current situations. I primarily employ elements of humanistic ther…

My therapeutic approach utilizes a person-centered, integrative, systems lens that looks at the connections with other people in our lives to determine contributing influences on our current situations. I primarily employ elements of humanistic therapy with a deeply held belief that our life experiences and histories are an integral part of our identity and that we are all worthy of love and empathy.

More about me
(if you’re interested)

I have a BA in Psychology from the University of Washington and an MA in Applied Psychology, Marriage, & Family Therapy from Antioch University in Seattle. I hold license #MFT.LF.61199429 as a Marriage & Family Therapist. Additionally, I have completed the Certificate in Sex Therapy program at Antioch University in Seattle.

  • Member, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)

  • Member, Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (WAMFT)

  • Certified Sex Therapist (CST), American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors, & Therapists (AASECT)

  • Certified Integrated Intimacy Professional™ (CIIP)

  • WA Approved Clinical Supervisor for LMFT, LMHC, and LiCSW

  • Baden/Pearson Developmental Model of Relationship Therapy

  • Doherty Discernment Therapy