About

I am a clinical social worker with over 20 years experience working with an array of mental health concerns, including depression and anxiety. I have worked in emergency rooms, as a shift manager at a crisis hotline, psychiatric hospital units, medical clinics, and ran my own private practice.

I believe everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, and counseling is a partnership to achieving your goals. I view my role as helping one understand themselves, and help identify choices and options to reach goals and move forward. The modality that I use the most in counseling is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), but will also use skills from other modalities, including Psychodynamic Theory, DBT, and Acceptance Therapy.

I look forward to traveling on this path with you.

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Basic Data

PECOS ID: 5698088383

Entity Type: Individual; Sole Proprietor

Organization Name: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of Washington

Gender

Female

Therapy Specialties

  • Addiction
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Grief
  • Life Coaching
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Sleep Or Insomnia
  • Stress
  • Trauma And PTSD
  • Traumatic Brain Injury

Treatment Orientation

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Existential
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Psychodynamic
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

Years in Practice

20 years

Languages

  • English

Healthcare Provider Taxonomy

  • Code: 101YM0800X
  • Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
  • Classification: Counselor
  • Specialization: Mental Health
  • Code: 104100000X
  • Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
  • Classification: Social Worker

Credentials

  • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

Group Practices

Group practices this therapist belongs to includes:

Northern Plains Psychological Associates LLC
Address 405 8th Ave NW
Suite 333
Aberdeen, SD 57401-2700
Group PAC ID 4981088713
Group Members 5

Licenses

Name License Number State
LICSW LW 00005238 Verify WA

Education

School Year Graduated
Indiana University School Of Medicine 1996

Practice Locations

9505 S Steele St

Tacoma, WA 98444-1858

Phone Number: (253) 597-6800

Fax Number: (253) 597-6888

405 8th Ave NW

Suite 333

Aberdeen, SD 57401-2700

Phone Number: (605) 225-3622

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