My Approach & Training
Somatic
Attachment-Based
Person Centered
Relational
Psychodynamic
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)
Flash Technique
Intepersonal
Existential
Psychotherapy
My Approach
I know that it can be so difficult to know where to begin on your path towards feeling well and grounded. I am here to walk alongside you on your journey to offer support and guidance. I strive to create a place where you feel safe to share your deepest fears and concerns and know that I will be there to hold a safe, caring and non-judgmental space for you. I believe based on my own experience as a therapist and the research on how therapy works - that the therapeutic relationship is key for the therapy process to work. In that spirit, my approach is relational. I am a human just like you living in a world filled with hardship and suffering alongside beauty and magic. My approach is warm and compassionate. I approach my work with creativity and a playful spirit. My approach centers around helping you to connect with your body and your emotions. I don’t think there is a one size fits all when it comes to therapy. I bring my knowledge and training and also have deep respect for your ways of knowing and always seek to draw from both of our wells of wisdom. I am a therapist that values supporting clients to connect with their body and emotions as an important part of shifting out of the anxious mind and into more presence and wellbeing. Through our work together you will be able to learn how to feel worthy of rest and healing; experience more moments of being present in your life; and feeling more connected to your emotions and the world around you.
Anxiety
Perfectionism
Religious Trauma
Life Transitions
Stress
Multiethnic Identity
Relationship Issues
Burnout
Caregiver Issues
Parenting Challenges
Trauma
Depression
My Training
I completed my Masters in Social Work at Portland State University in 2016. I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon and Washington since Fall 2020. I completed my BA in 2002 from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Dramatic Art and Cultural Anthropology. The focus of my training and work for over a decade was with children, youth and families running after school programs and then transitioning to being a therapist to kids and teens from age 7-21. During my work in community mental health I completed my Basic EMDR Training in 2019. I began to work more and more with adults and realized I wanted to shift the focus of my work to adults only. My training and understanding about child development is helpful for adults healing childhood wounds as well as for adults that are caregiving for small humans.