I've sat with a lot of loss. That's probably the shortest way to describe the arc of my career. Community mental health. Inpatient psychiatry. Hospice. Nearly a decade leading a grief and loss organization called the Healing Center. Over twenty years in this work have shown me that people are remarkably capable of finding their way through even the darkest experiences, but rarely alone.

I work with children five and older, teenagers, adults, and couples. I also specialize in grief of all kinds: sudden death, suicide loss, anticipatory grief when a terminal diagnosis has come, and the complicated kind of grief that doesn't fit neatly into the stages model. I work with childhood trauma and major life transitions too.

My style is honest and direct. I believe in levity, even in the middle of hard things. I don't think healing requires staying somber the whole time. I draw from IFS, DBT, CBT, mindfulness, and self compassion practices, but what I believe most deeply is that it's the relationship between a therapist and a client that creates change.

I earned my Masters in Social Work from the University of Washington in 2002 and a postgraduate certificate in Psychological Trauma Treatment from UW in 2013. I also serve as an Instructor in the UW School of Social Work.

Every day I do this work I'm reminded of what courage looks like. I'd be honored to sit with you in yours.