I recognize that it takes courage to enter counseling and I consider it a privilege to walk alongside you. We all need to feel seen and heard in both our beauty and our pain. My goal is to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can be honest about what you are carrying and begin to understand the experiences that have shaped you. I especially enjoy working with teen girls and adults. My approach is warm, collaborative and grounded in curiousity and compassion, with room for humor along the way. I draw from trauma-informed care, attachment-based therapy, family systems, Narrative Focused Trauma Care, the mind-body connection and cognitive behavioral approaches. I want to understand you as a whole person, not simply focus on the symptoms that brought you to counseling. I began my career working in crisis interventiion, residential treatment for teens, foster care and adoption, trauma care, and counseling with children, teens and adults. After 10 years in the mental health field, I stepped away from counseling to raise my three adopted children, including homeschooling a child with special needs. Those experiences deepened my understanding of family, attachments, idenitity and the complexity of the stories we carry. I have completed Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level 1 through the Seattle School of Theology & Psychology and am currently completing my Level 2. I also bring meaningful cross-cultural awareness and familiarity with Asian cultures and values.
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