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Based in Beaverton, Oregon, serving clients across Oregon and Washington, in person and online.
MY APPROACH
Making sense of your experience
People come to therapy for many different reasons. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, relationships, life transitions, or simply feeling stuck. You may also be exploring what autism, ADHD, or AuDHD means for you later in life, trying to understand the effects of complex trauma, or considering how culture, race, and identity have shaped your experiences.
Whatever brings you to therapy, the therapeutic process can offer space to make sense of what you're experiencing without treating who you are as something that needs to be fixed.
My approach is neurodivergent-affirming, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity. Together, we can better understand the patterns that have shaped you while finding strategies that work with who you are.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Therapy begins with a conversation.
Therapy begins as a conversation, but it quickly becomes a place to better understand how you experience yourself, your relationships, and the world around you. There is no expectation that you'll have everything figured out before you begin. We'll start with your experiences, your goals, and what matters most to you.
My role isn't to change who you are. It's to help you better understand yourself, recognize your strengths, and find ways of moving through the world that work for you.
Because change begins with understanding.
HOW I CAN HELP
Areas of Focus
People rarely come to therapy because they have a diagnosis. More often, they come because something in life no longer feels sustainable. These are some of the concerns I commonly help clients explore.
Autism
Supporting autistic individuals in understanding themselves, navigating relationships, and building on their strengths.
ADHD
Working with your brain—not against it.
Anxiety
Finding steadiness when worry begins to take over.
Depression
Finding hope when life begins to feel heavy.
Life transitions
Working with seasons of change
Trauma
Understanding experiences that continue to influence the present.
Communication
Building healthier connections while remaining true to yourself.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
The perspective I bring
I believe people make the most sense when we consider the full context of their lives. How we understand ourselves is shaped by many things, such as our relationships, identities, culture, experiences, environments, and the ways our minds work.
That means there may be more than one way to understand what you're experiencing. A diagnosis can be useful, but it is only one piece of a much larger picture. I’m interested in understanding how the different parts of your experience fit together and what they mean to you.
My perspective is informed by my work with neurodivergence, trauma, mood, and race-related stress. I recognize that the same experience can carry very different meanings for different people.
How I work
I believe people make the most sense when we consider the full context of their lives. How we understand ourselves is shaped by many things, such as our relationships, identities, culture, experiences, environments, and the ways our minds work.
It is important to consider that there may be more than one way to understand what you're experiencing. A diagnosis can be useful, but it is only one piece of a much larger picture. I’m interested in understanding how the different parts of your experience fit together and how you make sense of them.
My work is grounded in a humanistic approach, with an emphasis on what happens within the therapeutic process itself. I also draw from other approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). This allows us to explore and understand your experiences while also identifying concrete ways to approach the things you would like to change.
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Education & Credentials
Doctorate of Psychology
Pacific University
2019
Professional Licenses & Certifications
Oregon #3276