Hello and welcome! I'm glad you're here.

I believe that healing is not only possible, but inevitable when we feel safe, supported, and understood.

I love what I do and am honored to walk beside people navigating various forms of suffering. I specialize in helping people resolve relationship conflict, grief, anxiety, depression, and symptoms of trauma. I utilize somatic, emotionally-focused, and deep ecopsychology frameworks to support holistic healing.

I have a broad spiritual view and enjoy assisting clients in cultivating a path of greater pleasure and purpose.

Therapy may benefit current life challenges and may also be beneficial for exploring and resolving familiar patterns. We were not made to navigate suffering alone. Often we need presence, connection, and trust with another to better understand what's going on for ourselves. My goal as a therapist is to support you in actualizing your specific goals of healing by fostering a therapeutic container for you to feel safe and compassionately understood.

I offer a hybrid of online and outdoor therapy sessions. I work with individuals and couples ages 16+. I draw on holistic frameworks of healing including Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Eco-psychology, Attachment Theory, Somatic Experiencing, and Organic Intelligence. I am a trained EMDR therapist through EMDRIA. Above all I prioritize listening closely to you as the one true expert of your own life for what wants to emerge.

I believe that the goal of therapy is tangible change that you should be able to notice every step of the way. Together we will explore what you hope therapy can offer you and create specific goals that we will check-in on frequently to ensure our time together is of benefit to you!

A little about my own path -

I grew up outside of Chicago and in London, England. After graduating high school I attended Whitman College as an undergraduate where I studied Religious Studies with an emphasis in SE Asian Religions. I had the good fortune to study in India and Costa Rica, and completed an academic program that took me across the United States to various rural and urban communities studying food sovereignty, culture, and various forms of oppression. Through these formative experiences I gained a deep curiosity and passion for de-colonial approaches to healing and living that inspire my work still today.

10 years ago I began formally practicing various healing arts traditions and lived intermittently at Great Vow Zen Monastery in Clatskanie, OR as a resident. Prior to my work as a psychotherapist I guided multi-week wilderness trips across the country for a girl's wilderness camp based in Northern Minnesota. In addition to guiding I developed curriculum for and directed a wilderness leadership development program for high-school age girls. In addition to guiding wilderness trips I was a Field Instructor with Second Nature Wilderness Family Therapy based in Duchesne, Utah where I worked with adolescents facing various behavioral and emotional challenges in 2019. My love for wild places carried me through multiple thru-hikes including the Arizona Trail and Te Araroa in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

As a clinical mental health master's student I worked with a group private practice in Bellingham, WA where I offered couples, child, and individual therapy. Additionally I had the opportunity to work with Animals as Natural Therapy to provide equine-assisted therapy to youth. I also worked with Compass Health's Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT) as a mental health practitioner intern.

I am a NEDA certified End of Life Doula. I work closely with people in the process of dying to find peace, ease, and meaning in light of life's greatest transition.

If you are interested in learning more about my services don't hesitate to reach out and schedule a free 30-minute consultation. I offer a hybrid of in-person, outdoor therapy sessions in Bellingham, WA and online Telehealth sessions accessible for anyone in Washington State.

I look forward to connecting with you!

Hurricane

It didn’t behave
like anything you had
ever imagined. The wind
tore at the trees, the rain
fell for days slant and hard.
The back of the hand
to everything. I watched
the trees bow and their leaves fall
and crawl back into the earth.
As though, that was that.
This was one hurricane
I lived through, the other one
was of a different sort, and
lasted longer. Then
I felt my own leaves giving up and
falling. The back of the hand to
everything. But listen now to what happened
to the actual trees;
toward the end of that summer they
pushed new leaves from their stubbed limbs.
It was the wrong season, yes,
but they couldn’t stop. They
looked like telephone poles and didn’t
care. And after the leaves came
blossoms. For some things
there are no wrong seasons.
Which is what I dream of for me.

Mary Oliver,  A Thousand Mornings.

Deep Eco-Therapy

Deep (extending far from the surface area). Eco (the set of relationships existing between organisms and their environment). Therapy (to care for).

Deep Eco-Psychology is a holistic framework of healing that supports us in experiencing ourselves as an integral part of nature. Eco-Psychology frames the root causes of modern ailments as, in large part, due to our sense of alienation from the web of life. This leads to feelings of isolation, purposelessness, existential angst, anxiety, and depression. Eco-Psychology combines psychology and the ecological study of biological functioning. The result is a path of discovery balanced by one's curiosity of self and other.

Eco-Therapy is effectively done either online or in person. No matter where we are we have the opportunity to explore and find nourishment in our environment. By remembering our inseparable connection with the web of life we may find life-long healing and transformation.

Organic Intelligence

Organic Intelligence is a therapeutic approach created by Steve Hoskinson, aimed at addressing trauma in a safe and effective manner. This modality evolved from Somatic Experiencing (SE) and similarly approaches healing through the lens of biology.

Unique to OI is the emphasis on trauma-safe therapy. By understanding our biological response to stressful events, we explore together the nervous system cycles of intensity and resolve with the aim to steadily, safely, and with great care promote ongoing access to ease and security.

This approach takes into account the unique experiences and needs of each person, providing tailored guidance and support. Through OI, individuals can tap into their natural path of healing and move towards a more embodied sense of well-being.

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a specialized form of couples therapy that prioritizes emotional expression as a means of healing and deepening intimacy. EFT emphasizes the crucial role emotions play in shaping our ability to form intimate connections and move through conflict in ways that promote greater closeness and trust.

Through EFT we practice identifying and expressing our emotions, which often helps us to more deeply understand ourselves and each other. Emotional awareness and expression are vital components to fostering intimacy and a sense of security within any relationship. Through EFT, couples can learn to cultivate more empathetic and supportive responses to themselves and each other. This process often creates an environment of intimacy, connection, and safety, which naturally draws us together and supports our relationships in navigating challenging times.

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(360)-230-8130