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About My Clients
You may notice it as anxiety, hypervigilance, or always waiting for something to go wrong. Feeling flat or going through the motions. Saying yes when you mean no. Chronic self-doubt or difficulty feeling close in relationships. These patterns often have roots deeper than thinking alone can reach. I work with adults and couples ready to go beneath the surface, toward a truer connection with themselves and each other, through somatic and relational therapy.
My Background and Approach
You can expect to feel more at home in yourself. More able to recognize what you need and ask for it. Less reactive, more grounded. In relationships, more connected and less defended. I work with adults navigating trauma, anxiety, and the patterns that keep them feeling stuck or disconnected. Together we move toward greater regulation, clearer boundaries, and a stronger sense of self. With couples, I help partners move out of the cycles that create distance and conflict, toward communication that feels safer, more honest, and more connecting. My approach is somatic and relational, drawing from Hakomi, Lifespan Integration, and Primary Attachment Therapy for individuals, and PACT and Gottman for couples. I also offer clinical supervision for LPC and MFT Associates in Oregon. I see clients in Portland and across Oregon in person and via telehealth.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Before becoming a therapist, I spent over two decades in the software industry, often living on autopilot and chasing achievement over connection. When I began my own counseling in 2006 I saw more clearly where I had drifted from my values. Insight alone wasn't enough. Something shifted when the work moved into the body. That experience drew me toward somatic approaches and into this work. I know what it feels like to be disconnected from yourself, to go through the motions, to feel numb to your own life while appearing fine on the outside. That lived experience shapes how I sit with clients carrying similar patterns. I don't just understand these experiences clinically. I have navigated them personally. I work well with people who don't fit traditional molds and want to live more authentically. I am part of a blended, neurodiverse family and identify with geek culture. In my free time you will find me in nature or geeking out with fantasy role-playing games.