About Me

I hold a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pacific Lutheran University, an accredited graduate program. I am licensed in the state of Washington, LF60123463, and am a Grief Counselor.

I have worked in Community Mental Health settings, and have worked extensively with adolescents in school districts, mental health settings and in a private therapeutic boarding school.

I have two grown sons, so have experienced the common (and not so common!) challenges that come with raising children. No family is immune to the stressors of life, mine included. Because of this, I have the ability to walk beside you during the trying times, with an experiential understanding of your situation.

You will be treated with dignity, kindness and respect in a warm, caring environment.

Resources you might find helpful:

Gottman Institute (app and Facebook)

Books:

  • Untamed

  • Attached

  • Women with Attention Deficit Disorder

  • The ADHD Effect on Marriage

  • Is it you, me or ADHD?

  • The Art of Loving

  • Mating in Captivity

  • Getting the Love You Want

  • The Normal Bar...

  • How to Make Love all the Time

  • The New Rules of Marriage

  • Conscious Loving

  • The 5 Love Languages

  • Hold Me Tight

  • Marriage Moments for Lasting Love

  • Crucial Conversations

  • The 7 Principles for Making Marriage Last

  • Emotion Focused Couple Therapy for Dummies

  • The Boundaries Book

  • Good Inside

  • Health At Every Size

  • Was It Even Abuse?

  • Set Boundaries, Find Peace

  • The Highly Sensitive Persons Guide to Dealing with Toxic People

  • The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist

  • Real Self-Care by Pooja Lakshmin M.D.

  • Understanding your Grief by Alan D. Wolfelt

  • It’s Ok That Your’e Not OK by Megan Divine

  • A Heart that Works by Rob Delaney

  • Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

  • Sad Book by Michael Rosen

Apps:

  • Daylio

  • Headspace

  • Motivation...."

  • Websites:

  • BTR.org (Betrayal Trauma Recovery)

  • Postpartum Progress

  • Supporting Mamas

Podcasts:

  • Good Inside, Dr Becky Kennedy

  • We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle

  • BRT.org