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About My Clients
I work with adults, couples, and families, with a particular focus on neurodivergent people and their loved ones. This may include late diagnosis, masking, burnout, sensory or social needs, executive functioning, relationships, or learning to advocate for what actually works for you. I also specialize in trauma, substance use and addiction, and experiences that may feel misunderstood, stigmatized, or difficult to say out loud.
My Background and Approach
My approach is relational, strengths-based, holistic, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-affirming. I draw primarily from internal family systems (IFS), Collaborative Language Systems, experiential therapies, and systemic approaches, adapting therapy to each person rather than expecting each person to adapt to therapy. I am also trained in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) and certified in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), which I offer in person when clinically appropriate. My clinical background spans community mental health and outpatient, residential, and detox treatment, working with adults, couples, and families across developmental stages. I earned my MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Alliant International University with a distinction in Chemical Dependency and previously earned a BFA from Sonoma State University.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
As a therapist, my number one priority is safety. I believe meaningful change begins when we feel safe enough to slow down and notice what our minds, bodies, emotions, and relationships have been trying to communicate. Beneath many of the things labeled “problems,” “symptoms,” or “disorders,” I often find very human attempts to cope. I don’t believe there is one correct way to think, communicate, relate, or heal. What feels intuitive for one person may make absolutely no sense for another. I value curiosity over judgment and believe therapy should make space for context, difference, creativity, autonomy, and the strengths we can miss when we focus only on what isn’t working. There are as many ways to heal as there are people, and I believe we hurt and heal in relation to others.