“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.”

- Sonya Renee Taylor

Experiential & Trauma-Focused

My approach is based on the belief that healing happens through safe, embodied connection. My work is rooted in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment science. We will gently and safely notice and connect with your feelings and experiences in real time, rather than only talking about them, to provide healing that goes beyond insight. We may work with past experiences or younger parts of yourself to bring compassion and safety to places that once felt alone or unseen.

Anti-Oppression & Systems-Based

My training at Antioch University Seattle focused on systems thinking, cultural responsiveness, and exploring the influences of systemic oppression on mental health. I take a systems perspective, meaning that I explore how your experiences make sense in the context of your family, culture, and systemic factors. I pay attention to how oppression can become internalized and shape our relationships with ourselves and others. I aim to support you in untangling those messages and reconnect you with your agency, worth, and sense of community. 

Ongoing Training

I’m always exploring new ways to deepen my understanding and practice of effective therapy. Currently, I am pursuing certification in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) and attending advanced trainings in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) and Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy.

My Approach

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Treatment Approaches

My approach integrates top-down (cognitive and insight-oriented) and bottom-up (somatic and nervous-system-based) therapies to support lasting change.

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy

Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) Informed Therapy & Parts Work

Polyvagal and Somatic Therapies

Radically Open Dialetical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT)

Weight-Inclusive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT-WI)

My Services

  • “The courage to face our fears is fueled by the knowledge that we're not alone in them”

    Sue Johnson

  • “Therapy is more about building new associations, making new, healthier default pathways. It is almost as if therapy is taking your two-lane dirt road and building a four-lane freeway alongside it. The old road stays, but you don’t use it much anymore. Therapy is building a better alternative, a new default. And that takes repetition and time.”

    Bruce Perry, M.D., PhD

  • “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

    Maya Angelou

  • “Imperfection is not our personal problem - It is a natural part of existing.”

    Tara Brach