ABOUT ME

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I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (#LH60925385), a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) and an embodiment coach and educator. I have a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology, a Somatic Experience Practitioner certification through The Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute of Dr. Peter A. Levine, Ph. D as well as Level 1 and Level 2 of the Lifespan Integration method. I have also completed the Maternal Mental Health Certificate Training from Postpartum Support International.

I worked in an intensive outpatient program for eating disorders at Opal Food and Body Wisdom, receiving training in RO-DBT and Health at Every Size. I spent several years working as an assistant instructor at The Seattle School, working with masters level counseling students in areas of clinical skills development, race and anti-racism, treatment of shame, and ethics.

My work rests on the foundation of justice and freeing up life force for every person. In a culture dominated by white supremacy and patriarchy, I believe we all deserve to heal and feel safe—both in the therapy room as well as outside of it. I take seriously my own healing, ongoing anti-racism, anti-oppression and advocacy work to uproot oppressive systems both within the counseling field, in our world, and within myself. I meet weekly with a consult group of clinicians and consistently consult with elders in my field to help continually grow and improve the services I provide. I am a member of Perinatal Support Washington and Postpartum Support International. I serve as a board member of Washington Therapy Fund Foundation, a non profit focused on eliminating barriers to Black healing.

Who I’ve been taught by:

I owe so much of who I have become as a clinician to my teachers and mentors in the field. I have been influenced and directly taught by Dr. Caprice Hollins, PhD and Davinah Simmons, MS, CLE in areas of race, multicultural counseling and implicit bias and I have learned from the work of Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW and Derald Wing Sue + David Sue. My roots in Psychodynamic, Narrative, Trauma and Shame Resilience work have been deeply shaped by studying under Dr. Dan Allender, PhD, Dr. Steve Call, PhD and Abby Wong, MA, LMHC. Joshua Sylvae, PhD and Mahshid Hager, LMFT, SEP were my teachers at the Somatic Experiencing® Trauma Institute and I was directly instructed in Lifespan Integration by Cindy Wuflestad, LMHC in areas of attachment within the Lifespan Integration model.

Who i am

I identify as white, cis-female, queer and my pronouns are she/her. When I'm not in my office, I am raising three young children, engaging in various self-care activities, cooking with a lot of salt, being a student of many things, gardening, teaching, or enjoying time with friends and family around a table.

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