Nice to meet you!

I’m a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Seattle. I completed my Masters in Counseling Psychology at the Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. There, I was trained in a relational psychodynamic model of counseling. In a jargon-free way, this means that as a therapist, I believe that by deeply listening to your experience and attending to the complexities and stories you hold, the therapeutic relationship can bring about change.

I completed the clinical practicum aspect of my graduate program in a community mental health clinic where I supported young adults and adults around grief and loss, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, identity exploration, life transitions, and trauma. Prior to my graduate school experience, worked in the non-profit and mental health field in other direct care capacities, serving college students, youth in crisis and the foster care system, adults with addictions and women untangling disordered relationships to food and their body. My years in this field and experience in my own ongoing therapy have taught me the power of authenticity in relationship to promote change. As a therapist, I am honored to get to enter that space with my clients.

I am a member of the Center for Object Relations and the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Studies, where I currently serve on the Board of Directors, and the Education Committee.

When not in the office, I enjoy curling up with a good book and black coffee, making creative messes in the kitchen, and spending time with loved ones.

Education and Memberships

• PACT Level One Couples Therapy Training, The PACT Institute

• Contemporary British Object Relations, Center for Object Relations

• Foundations of British Object Relations II, Center for Object Relations

• Foundations of British Object Relations I, Center for Object Relations

• Depth Practices Apprenticeship, Dr. Vanya Leilani

• MA Counseling Psychology, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology