Welcome! Thank you for visiting and allowing me to share in the work I do. I have worked in social services and counseling for many years and am proud of the therapeutic clinical experience I have achieved. The work I do focuses on six pillars of HEALTH to help create the stability and peace many seek: 

• Holistic Balance
• Exploration (of self)
• Authenticity (Getting REAL in our lives)
• Life Management/Growth
• Transcendence
• Healing

             My approach is one of inclusivity, acknowledgment, and affirmation of our individuality and uniqueness, especially when it comes to expressing ourselves in ways that have, in the past, been shamed, shunned, or rejected.  I strongly encourage and work towards trust, openness, and honesty in session in order to fully honor you and your journey.

• Bachelor of Arts in Social & Behavioral Sciences
• California State University Monterey Bay
• Master of Arts in Psychology, Marriage & Family Therapy emphasis
• Chapman University- Monterey Campus
• Certified Rape Crisis Counselor (CA)
• State of Washington Mental Health Counselor License # LH 60632352
• Gottman 7 Principals for Making Marriage Work Leader & Workshop Facilitator

• Previously, I worked at Kaiser Permanente Behavioral Health Clinic (Olympia, WA) as a Mental Health Counselor, private practice in California, in-patient crisis stabilization counseling including working with people of all ages, chemical dependency/detox counseling for adults and youth, counseled in agencies, residential treatment centers, and schools in California and Alaska with at-risk youth, their families, and individual adults, as well as worked  as an advocate and crisis stabilization counselor.

Affiliations:

• Psychology Today
• Washington Counseling Association 
• American Counseling Association
• The Gottman Inistitute
• Bay Area Open Minds- Psychotherapists Affirming Sexual & Gender Diversity
• KAP- Kink Aware Professionals / NCSF-National Coalition for Sexual Freedom