About Me

Education:

B.A - Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale - Nutrition

M.A. - Lewis and Clark College - Professional Mental Health and Addictions, focus on Eating Disorders and Somatic Psychology

Trainings:

Process Work Institute - Jungian dreaming process, body symptoms, shamanistic and spiritual exploration, and experiential approaches.

EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: The Institute for Creative Mindfulness

Hakomi, Attachment, and Re-creation of the Self through the M.E.T.A. Counseling Center (Mindful Experiential Therapy Approaches)

Pricing:

Individual 50 minute session
- $165

Couples 50 minute session
- $185

Insurance

MODA, Regence BCBS, Pacific Source accepted
Some patients prefer the privacy and flexibility that is guaranteed when they engage in treatment without using their insurance
Superbill available for reimbursement

Philosophy:

Holistic, client-centered and depth orientation encouraging personal growth, transformation, and self-empowerment.

Assist clients in developing acceptance of themselves.

Give all parts of ourselves space to have an expression and to listen to our internal needs and desires.

Trainings: (cont'd)

Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 - Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute

Polyvagal Therapy Training with Deb Dana

Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) - Polaris Insight Center

Where You Can Find Me (outside of my practice)

Exploring Portland's beautiful inner city parks, or wilderness, traveling, camping, hiking, kayaking, stand up paddleboarding, swimming, and biking. I have been practicing yoga for 18 + years and dancing in a variety of ways since I was a kiddo.

Music and dancing are among my greatest pleasures in life, and I explore new music and experience live shows whenever possible. I enjoy being creative with macrame and painting, and I also appreciate natural beauty-stones, crystals, and rocks, bringing them into my own works of art.

I appreciate gardening and herbology, tending to and growing my own plants. I am an avid reader, reading for fun and to feed my inner investigative yearning for knowledge.