Before starting my private practice, I served as the Director of Counseling at a high school for teens with complex emotional and life challenges. I worked closely with students and families navigating anxiety, trauma, identity, sobriety, self-harm, and high-stress situations during moments that felt overwhelming or uncertain.

That experience shaped how I work today: steady, honest, and deeply attuned to each person’s inner world and the relationships shaping their life. I’m comfortable talking about hard things, helping people feel understood rather than “fixed,” and offering clear, grounded guidance when situations feel confusing or overwhelming.

After facing serious health challenges, I chose to leave a place I loved to focus on individual counseling and clinical supervision, work I find both meaningful AND sustainable.

I hold a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Washington (1998) and M.A. in Counseling from Western Seminary (2002).