connect with yourself & the people who matter to you

Therapy for individuals
in Seattle WA

Therapy for adults (all ages) and teens (age 13+)

In-person therapy in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle and virtual therapy throughout Washington State

Perhaps you are your own worst critic. Maybe you find yourself getting swept up by anxious feelings or stuck in spirals of negative thinking. You might be feeling lonely, lost, or overwhelmed.

You’re in the right place if you want to explore:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Self-esteem / self-confidence

  • Friendships, relationships, or dating

  • Boundaries and communication

  • Perfectionism

  • School, career, productivity, or burnout

  • Self-exploration / identity-exploration

  • Stress and life transitions

  • Chronic pain and/or fatigue

Ready to explore your relationship to yourself and others?

How therapy works

Therapy is a space where you can explore what a fulfilling life looks like for you and address what is getting in your way.

Individuals who benefit most from my approach are ready to pay attention to their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, and to try out new ways of approaching their experiences; they desire to make discoveries about their inner world, improve their relationship to themselves, take actions that match up with their true wants and needs, and build fulfilling connections with others.

I strive to create a nonjudgmental space where you can authentically express the full range of who you are. I am committed to welcoming and honoring the various aspects of your identity and experiences, approaching my work with an anti-oppression, Health at Every Size (HAES), and LGBTQIA+ affirming lens.

I incorporate a variety of therapeutic modalities, tailoring my approach to the perspectives that resonate with you (click below to learn about each approach).

  • Do you find it difficult to express your thoughts and feelings to other people? Or maybe you tend to get stuck in self-perpetuating patterns that leave you feeling disconnected from yourself or others. Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy is an evidence-based therapy that can help you get more in tune with your emotional experience, communicate your feelings productively to others, build a secure relationship with yourself, and develop the felt sense that you are living a life that aligns with your true wants, needs, and identity.

  • Do your thoughts tend to focus on the negative or on what your fear most? Maybe your friend didn’t say hi at work today, and you spent the rest of the day worrying about why they were avoiding you, not realizing that they were simply having a stressful day. CBT is an evidence-based, structured approach to therapy that focuses on developing awareness of the thought patterns that are keeping you stuck. It can be especially helpful for thoughts that sustain anxiety and depression. With CBT, I can help you increase your awareness of how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors work together in self-perpetuating cycles. Together we can challenge the thought patterns that keep you focused on your fears so that you can enjoy and appreciate yourself, your relationships, and your experiences.

  • If you ever have thoughts that you can’t seem to quiet, an inner critic that won’t let you catch a break, or a body that rarely feels rested or calm, research-based mindfulness and self-compassion practices can help you regulate your nervous system and achieve a sense of groundedness in yourself and your experience.

  • IFS is an evidence-based therapy that conceptualizes every human being as a system of inner parts lead by a core, capital “S” Self. Have you ever said to someone, “Part of me wants to X, but another part of me would rather Y”? If so, this is an example of your parts at work. I use IFS to help you get to know your different parts, develop compassion for them, and allow your core Self to become the leader of your experiences. When you get more in touch with the Self who can care for your various parts, you are able to heal and connect with yourself and others in profound ways.

  • Do you tend to repeat self-defeating patterns in your relationships? This can happen automatically as a protective mechanism developed in our past relationships. If this happens for you, incorporating attachment research into our work can help you understand the patterns at play in your relationships with yourself and others and help you develop the emotion regulation and communication skills that can foster more secure attachment patterns.

  • The stories we tell ourselves about our experiences can sometimes be unhelpful and inaccurate. With narrative therapy, we can explore the stories you tell yourself about your life and “rewrite” those stories into ones that are accurate, empowering, and reflective of who you really are.

  • Feminist theory focuses on empowering any individual who experiences oppression. Through the lens of feminist theory, I seek to foster a therapeutic space in which all of your identities are welcome and in which we can acknowledge, explore, and challenge the power structures and systemic injustices that impact your experiences.

 Therapy can help you heal, connect, and engage more fully in your life.