About

When human beings experience mental health problems and/or crisis, it is not uncommon for their lives to unravel. My great passion is bringing understanding and healing to people who have been through the stressful experience of mental health deterioration. I help my patients, who include children, adults and families, to find healthy perceptions of themselves and strengthen their relationships so they can know themselves as peaceful, complete, whole and safe.

I know that no single approach is the right one for every individual, and so I have been trained in a range of modalities including Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Beck modalities, Illness Management and Recovery, Motivational Interviewing, Humanistic Psychology, Trauma Informed Interventions, Adult and Adolescent Suicide Assessment/Treatment and Intervention.

My educational background includes an B.A. in Psychology from Hawaii Pacific University, an M.A. in Mental Health Counseling from the WA School of Professional Psychology AU, and an Doctor of Behavioral Health from Arizona State University. I have worked across many Western Washington counties over the past 15 years in the fields of State and International Foster Care and Child Trauma Counseling, Crisis Counseling with Children with Developmental Disabilities and their families, Chronic Adult Homeless populations, Adult and Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Recovery, Adult Inpatient Psychiatric care for severe mental health disorders (Involuntary and Voluntary), and Adult Intensive Outpatient Counseling for Adults with severe chronic mental health conditions. I hold specialty training and certification in Trauma Informed Care, LGTBQIA+, Queer affirming-therapy, BIPOC therapeutic approaches, Mood Disorders, and Personality Disorders.

*Please note I do not have late afternoon/evening or weekend appointments available at this time.