I would love to live like a river flows,
carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.
-John O’Donohue
Education and Background
License:
LICSW LW61153843 — Washington
Degrees:
Master in Social Work
University of Washington 2017
Bachelor of Fine Arts
New York University
I entered the field in 2015 as a medical social worker. My psychotherapy practice is influenced by these experiences working with those living with PTSD and chronic/acute illnesses.
I use a psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approach to therapy with a particular focus on the psyche-soma connection.
I am Level II Hakomi graduate and a psychoanalyst-in-training at the
Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI).
In short:
we will definitely explore how you and I relate in session,
how you feel your feelings in your body,
and approach unconscious processes with curiosity.
Particular areas of interest:
-LGBTQ+ folks
-Chronic illness and pain
-Men’s issues
Experience and familiarity with the following:
-Medical Professionals
-Non-monogamy/polyamory
-Veterans and military families
I acknowledge we are on the traditional territory of
the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish Tribe.
I acknowledge that I am an uninvited inhabitant of this land.
I invite you to learn more about and stand in solidarity with the original stewards of this land, a people who are still here,