Hello and welcome! I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Oregon and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington. I have over 20 years experience working with youth, families, and adults from diverse communities and 10 years experience as a Clinical Therapist. I’m from Vancouver, BC, Canada and have also lived in Montreal, Quebec and Los Angeles, California, before moving to Portland, Oregon 11 years ago. At the start of treatment my therapeutic approach is focused on getting to know your sources of strength and resilience, as well as the challenges you’re facing. I’ll work with you to help you define the goals that are important to you in your life. I draw on and have training in mental health therapies that are shown to be helpful in research, while also being flexible and adaptive in my approach based on your specific needs and interests. I enjoy working with clients who take what we work on in therapy to practice in their lives, as it is my experience this results in stronger outcomes and change. I’m a goal-directed therapist who offers supportive challenge and brings genuine connection, humor, and celebration to the therapeutic process. I’m passionate about helping people work through unhelpful ways of coping and patterns to get unstuck, develop a stronger sense of pride in who they are, move forward, and live their gifts. I’m glad you’re here and hope to talk soon if it seems like I can help!

I CAN HELP YOU WITH:

• Getting unstuck from ways of thinking about yourself and solving problems that cause you distress and get in your way

• Finding balance and feeling less overwhelmed by emotions, stressors, and demands

• Working through issues with relationships and supporting you to navigate challenges and experience healthier connection to others

• Working through past traumas and difficult experiences to decrease negative impacts on your life now

• Supporting you to make successful transitions and decrease the intensity and impact of stressors such as: moving into a new phase of life, taking on new roles, issues with identity, loss, societal pressures and oppressions