I believe a therapeutic relationship is a collaborative [ad]venture in which the therapist is a partner, companion and co-learner; those consulting with the therapist are the true experts; and healing is the process and purpose of the path they walk together.

My clinical approach is inherently relational, deeply respectful, collaborative, dynamic, innovative, and holistic. I embrace flexibility, genuine curiosity, openness, and honest dialogue as effective paths toward growth and sustainable change, and I am invested in co-creating person-centered, strengths-based, trauma-informed healing relationships that focus on the dignity, strengths, wisdom, hopes, intentions, and lived experience of those who consult with me. 

I have found particular inspiration and guidance in the commitments, perspectives, and practices of narrative therapy, which views every interaction as a cross-cultural negotiation and encourages the deconstruction of personal assumptions, social “norms,” and dominant cultural discourses. This framework is particularly transformative in its unique commitments to exploring social and relational influences on identity and purposefully examining the intersections of culture, social location, interpersonal relationships and personal values, commitments, and intentions in every person’s journey. 

I have worked in a variety of settings, integrating narrative therapy with evidence-based clinical modalities including CBT, DBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, harm reduction, self-care and coping-skills training, psychoeducation, solution-focused and problem-solving therapies, as well as holistic and spiritual modalities such as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, nature, and creative processes such as art and writing. I am also a certified Reiki practitioner, and have been incorporating Reiki into my healing work for more than eight years.