If you run into me outside of therapy, you’ll find me hiking, packrafting, fly fishing, scuba diving, or on the Jiu Jitsu mats. If it’s active and involves good friends I’m in!
My heart is also in volunteer work, empowering other therapists and social services staff. Throughout the year I volunteer with an anti-human trafficking organization based in Cambodia.
During some of our meetings I may be far away from Alaska. Though it is my home, I come alive in cultures outside of my own and have a general curiosity about others. If there is something about you that makes you unique I want to know!
The enjoyment I find in the therapy process comes through seeing clients believe in themselves, know themselves and develop confidence to build relationships and lives they enjoy. I know what it's like to be indecisive, lacking vision, and dragged on by expectations of others.
If you told me 20 years ago that I would be a therapist with a private practice living the life I wanted I would have thought you were crazy! I struggled with seeing what I wanted in life and going for it. If it means anything to you, I am an Enneagram 9, so overcoming indecisiveness and finding confidence in my voice is a continual development.
In therapy it's my job to keep you focused on the important things, move you through difficult emotions, ask good questions, and guide you into self and relational improvement.
Beyond the required training to become licensed as a therapist, I have continued training in Emotion Focused Therapy for couples and individuals. I bring a calm and grounded presence into therapy that allows for insightful discussion, validation, and non-threatening confrontation.
I am willing to work with any clients needing help and find the best therapeutic work is with stuck men not getting what they want out of life. I also work well with couples who find themselves caught in the seemingly never-ending negative emotional cycles.
I have helped countless individuals navigate through their emotional blocks holding them back from enjoying life. Couples have come to me in duress and left therapy confident they know how to talk with one another without me, no matter what difficult subject is being discussed.
Now that you
know me,
lets get to
know you
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Masters in Counseling Psychology, Simpson University, 2013
Licensed Marital & Family Therapist since 2016
Licensed in California (92614) and Alaska (128189)
Alaska Board of Marital and Family Therapy Certified Supervisor
Extensive training, supervision, and practice in Emotion Focused Therapy
Certified Telemental Health Professional