Covering Challenges Related To:
Anxiety, Depression, Grief & Life transitions, Trauma & Complex trauma, Identity Exploration (including LGBTQIA+ concerns), Relationship Dynamics & Attachment Patterns, Substance Use & Recovery, Stress/Burnout, Self-worth/Perfectionism, Emotional Regulation, and Meaning-Making/Spiritual or Existential Concerns.
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Services Offered:
Individual Psychotherapy with Ages 13+, Couples & Relationship Units, & Families
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Education & Certification:
Master of Arts in Mindfulness-Based Counseling
Professional Counselor Associate
CADC-R
500-hour Yoga Teacher Training
Embodied Mindfulness Guide Training
Death Doula
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Specialty Training & Experience:*
Mindfulness-Based Counseling, Internal Family Systems, Narrative Therapy, Trauma-Informed Care, Harm Reduction & Stages of Change, Substance Use & Addictions, Gestalt Therapy, Narrative Therapy, ACT/CBT/MI Skills, Somatic/Embodiment-Based Interventions, LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care, and Death Doula.
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About Me:
I’ve always been an avid student of the human condition. My early training was in experimental psychology, exploring topics like anxiety and health behaviors. I loved the precision of research—the electrodes, the data, the careful questions—but I also felt how easily it can become cold and impersonal when it’s disconnected from lived experience.
A gap year studying yoga and meditation changed my life. Somatic practices brought me into a deeper relationship with myself and with others, and I began to understand healing as something we learn not only through analysis, but through presence. As I came into my queer identity, I turned toward storytelling and began supporting others in telling their own stories in ways that restore dignity and agency. When I returned to university, I shifted toward narrative-based work at the intersection of race, class, and queerness, helping amplify student voices around housing and food insecurity. Through that work, I discovered the transformative power of dialogue.
Teaching meditation deepened that understanding: the intimacy of a sustained, attuned conversation can be profoundly healing for both people in the room. Again and again, that path pointed me to Naropa University’s Mindfulness-Based Counseling program, where I found what truly feels like a calling. My practice continues on the cushion, and its lessons also live in my long-distance running, woodworking, and the culinary arts—places where patience, effort, and care become tangible.
Treatment Orientation & Philosophy:
My work is rooted in mindfulness-based and trauma-informed therapy, with a deep respect for the human capacity to heal and adapt. I believe many symptoms—anxiety, depression, overwhelm, compulsions, substance use, disconnection—are not personal failures, but intelligent survival strategies that once made sense. In therapy, we slow down and get curious about what your system has been doing to protect you, and what it might be ready to release.
I integrate evidence-based approaches (ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and CBT) with experiential and relational work drawn from Gestalt, narrative therapy, and IFS-informed parts work. I pay close attention to the body and nervous system, identity and meaning, and the patterns that show up in relationships. My aim is to offer a space that is warm, honest, and grounded—where all parts of you are welcome, and where we can build practical skills, self-trust, and real change in a way that feels authentic and sustainable.
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Insurance Accepted:
OHP/Medicaid through Lane County (PacificSource, Trillium, Open Card) & Self-pay
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Contact us to verify availability. We are happy to get a benefits estimate for you if you provide your insurance information.
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*Specialty Training & Experience includes areas of focus and interest practitioners have obtained additional hours of training and experience in. Any specialties the practitioner has received certification in will appear under Education & Certification.
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