Professional Background and Experience

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Washington State
• Washington State Approved Supervisor

• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Washington (1985)
• Master of Psychology, Antioch University of Seattle (1991)
• Certificate of Psychoanalysis, Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society (2005)

• Instructor Adult Psychotherapy Certificate Program, SPSI (Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute)
• Instructor, COR (Center for Objective Relations), Northwest Family Development Center
• Guest Instructor, Adult Psychoanalytic Training Program, SPSI

I have professional experience in the areas of:

• Psychoanalysis
• Couples therapy
• Religious trauma
• Self-destructive emotional and/or behavioral patterns
• Transgender/LGBTQ related issues
• Life transitions
• Early emotional trauma
• Depression & Anxiety disorder
• Relationship issues
• Terminal illness (self or loved one)