My approach draws from training in Gestalt therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP).
I hold a Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Lewis & Clark College, with specialized training in addiction counseling and eco-psychology. I am supervised by Meghan O’Connor, LMFT.
I am white, neurodivergent, queer, non-binary, and use they/them pronouns.
I live and work in Portland, Oregon on unceded territories of the Multnomah, Cowlitz, Kalapuya, Clackamas tribes and many others who first called this place home.
I have a deep commitment to my own unlearning and reconnecting. I believe we all have the ability to heal, to grow into our wholeness, and that we inherently do so together.
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I love to be outside, to bask in both its abundance and exposure. I have a bird-like nature to nest; I delight in designing spaces — for me, for you, for my beloved community. I make books, craft recipes, take photographs. I’m drawn to the power of words and color — how they hum, clash, and surprise.
More delights: squinting into unexpected sunlight, my dog’s morning stretch routine whole existence, the texture of a handmade thing, how shared laughter peels and unfolds, the way memories smell.
This is the year really I begin learning drums (last year’s new year’s resolutions are my thing, for now) and bravely continue to grow out that pixie cut.