About me

I am trained in several approaches  but I am most excited about Somatic Transformation work. This practice is a clinical application of the newest research that validates the oldest human wisdom of the importance of relatedness and focuses it to bring about healing and wellness.

Education and Experience

I come to the practice of psychotherapy with life experience. I have been practicing for several years formally  as a psychotherapist. I am a gifted clinician, my talent lies in attunement and authenticity, both critical in the therapy process. I do not seek to practice perfectly but with honesty and humanity, holding a safe space for you to discover yourself in your time.

I strive to be strongest clinician I can be. I chose to enter an institute-like setting, after completing my Masters Degree in Social Work at the University of Washington, to deepen the clinical skills I had begun to develop in school, internship, and life. I completed an additional two year post grad internship with the Alliance Psychotherapy Clinic, where I studied various clinical theories, attended a weekly group clinical consultation and worked with three different supervisors as I practiced long term psychotherapy with men and women. The result was to give me a  thorough clinical education.

In my studies at the Alliance I was lucky enough work with a variety of skilled clinicians. One of those clinicians, who is still my supervisor and mentor, introduced me to working with the mind body connection and the very subtle process of using the attunement that arises in therapy, a process of deep yet gentle inquiry. The simplicity of the process exemplifies the saying, “a little is a lot”. My supervisor  encouraged me to take the Somatic Transformation Training, an eight-part two year program that I am midway through. It has changed the ways I work, expanding and deepening the process I began learning years ago. This method has given me amazing results with clients. I look forward to keeping you up to date as the story progresses.

I have an LSWAIC and hundreds of hours of supervision and training. I am sought out as a consultant and I regularly consult with and seek out the expertise of fellow clinicians and supervisors, always  building  my clinical skills and to provide the highest quality of treatment.

Membership

I am an active member of the Washington State Clinical Social Workers Association and the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study

*object relations, relational, attachment, trauma, neurobiological research, existential, multi-ethnic, person in environment and strength theories.