Do you often feel guarded, tense, withdrawn, or detached? 

Are you easily startled?

Has sleep felt exhausting rather than restful?

Do you know you need help but don't know where to possibly start?

Cultivating a trauma-informed, safe, and non-judgmental relationship for you to process challenging thoughts and heavy feelings to find your resilience is vital in my approach. 

Evidence-based interventions I use include nature-based mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), somatic therapy, mindfulness-based skills, expressive art therapy, and interventions from music therapy or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

I'll be here with you as a human listening to your story and your pain when you're ready to process it. 

Our work towards your therapeutic goals will find and use your strengths while we practice new regulation skills so you can heal.

Do you wake up and hit the snooze button more than once? Are you sleeping too much, or too little? 

Do you feel like you aren't keeping up in conversations, or you've lost your sense of humor? 

Are your thoughts racing or feel out of control?

Did you recently learn you are pregnant, or have you recently given birth and notice your mood feeling "off"?

Anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, and depression can be debilitating and hold people back from living their fullest lives. 

Seasonal Affective Disorder (also called “SAD”) is especially well known among Alaskans.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT),  Outdoor Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based interventions, walking therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) are some of the modalities I use to help clients decrease symptoms.

I am pursuing my PMH-C (Perinatal Mental Health Certification) and support the unique experiences among pregnant persons with PMADs (Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders). 

My work also supports the mental and emotional health of new dads and non-childbearing partners during the post-delivery transition into parenthood. 

Our work will target your unique symptoms (in therapyspeak: maladaptive thoughts) using your strengths and new skills. 

Let's equip you with new skills and insight to manage your symptoms so you can confidently reach your goals and live a fulfilling, energizing life. 

Mood Disorders I have experience treating: 

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

• Phobias

• Bipolar Disorders

• Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs)

• Major Depressive Disorder

• Persistent Depression

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Panic Disorder (panic attacks)

• Social Anxiety Disorder

• Seasonal Affective Disorder

Are you tired of yelling in disagreements in your relationships? Does the same problem keep coming up, again, and again? 

Do you desire healthy relationships but don't know where to begin?

Whether the relationship you need help with is an intimate partner, friend, colleague, parent, child, sibling, or chosen family: I’ve noticed many clients benefit (and enjoy) after receiving psychoeducation and counseling around their attachment style(s).

I use the attachment style theory framework along with skill development around healthy communication, identifying and maintaining boundaries and relationship needs, healthy conflict, and identifying abuse.

Let's replace behaviors such as co-dependency and people-pleasing with healthy behaviors through individual or group therapy.

My work supports clients who identify and practice as monogamous, non-monogamous (ENM), or polyamorous in their relationships from nonjudgemental perspective. 

Parents or caregivers of children with mental health issues (e.g., depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD) face unique experiences in their parent-child relationship(s) and home life. 

I provide psychoeducation on trauma and youth mental health while teaching supportive skills for parents to better connect with dysregulated youth in a non-judgemental, confidential space.

I use interventions such as the ARC (Attachment, Regulation, and Competency) Framework, Parenting with Love and Limits, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), providing psychoeducation, though I use whichever approach best fits with you and your family system.

I use motivational interviewing and behavioral activation with clients who are seeking to improve their lives and meet goals in life whether for their career, relationships, sense of achievement, or health.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is another valuable approach which incorporates positive psychology. SFBT is well-suited for people who want to make changes but don't have the time or desire to go to therapy for more than ~2 months. SFBT lasts about 8 sessions (or less).

Therapists have a fondness for coping skills.

I support clients who are seeking coping skills for issues like insecure attachment styles, anger, self-esteem, depression, sleep disturbance, struggling to cope due to ADHD or another developmental disability, trauma, getting through a difficult situation, surviving the next family event, settling nerves before a big trip or life transition: let's find what works for you.

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Has your life changed with a new health diagnosis? Or, do you experience ongoing undiagnosed symptoms impacting your well-being?

Do you feel alone in a new city? 

Can you recall the last time you slept well enough and woke up feeling energized?

Are you facing a seemingly inescapable feeling of failure?

My work supports clients who may be coping with a new medical diagnosis, experiencing relationship/marriage difficulties, starting college (at any age), sleep difficulties, expecting a new child, navigating career changes, enduring grief, and more. 

Our sessions will be geared towards your goals while prioritizing your emotions, well-being, and process, in "real-time."

I draw from existential therapy, narrative therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and somatic therapy to support clients struggling with a transition.