I provide services in Washington state. Throughout my career I have focused my practice on working with people from many walks of life and along the spectrum of human identities. I attended UW-Madison for both my undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation Psychology and graduate program, a Master of Social Work. Through my education and work, I have experience with: Birth to 3, providing evaluation and support for social-emotional and attachment needs; Non-profit respite care for children aged 0-7 with an array of medical needs, helping bring in a role that focuses on kids’ mental health and parent/resource outreach; Level 5 group home settings; and community therapy, where I regularly teamed with multidisciplinary teams, especially with other professionals in schools (IEP/504), long-term medical teams, neuropsychologists and community support programs. I have been providing clinical support to folks since 2017. As a person with lived experience and with my education in Rehab Psych and Social Work, I will look at you within the system(s) you live in and appreciate how the intersection of your identities impact your experience and thus may inform our therapeutic process.

My focus has been working alongside people so they can better understand not only their brain but also how their body responds to their brain. I am to bring the focus back to how they feel most connected to not only their own self but also the people and places around them (their environment). I tend to use an eclectic blend of top-down (focusing on thoughts and higher-level thinking skills) and bottom-up (working on noticing more basic, subconscious, emotional reactions) approaches to help you explore your needs and desires. My experience working with folks in respite programs and community care have helped to mold my values around the importance of using normal, everyday experiences to help you realistically identify how your strengths and available resources can be used to meet your goals. For more information on the techniques I pull from, click the “therapy techniques” tab at the top of this page, or click the button below to get a conversation started.