Whatever brings you here is welcome.
I’m a Marriage and Family Therapist based in Bellingham, WA. My role is to co-create a therapeutic container of vital interactions that supports the goals of individuals and couples via telehealth and in-person.
currently accepting new clients
I’m here to accompany your journey in the unknown, supporting your process in the sacred and the profane.
Hello and Welcome!
My approach is based on a foundation of curiosity to what is alive and what is longing for vitality.
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My role is to co-create a therapeutic container of vital interactions that supports your goals. Vitalization, “the engendering of novel experience, the ignition of an enlivening internal process that can come about through deep engagement with the other”* lies at the foundation of my work as a psychotherapist.
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I’ve found Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to be an effective modality within the therapeutic journey. ACT is a, “mindfulness-based behavior therapy shown to be effective with a diverse range of clinical conditions…. the goal of ACT is to create a rich and meaningful life, while accepting the pain that inevitably goes with it…this therapy is about taking effective action guided by our deepest values and in which we are fully present and engaged.”*
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How and where we place our attention is fundamental to our experience, often our therapeutic work will be to bring curiosity to these unexamined places. “From the Buddhist, or fruitional, view, our work is not primarily to improve our experience; instead, it’s to invite a shift in perspective so that we are willing and able to fully relate to any experience we might have, regardless of what it may be….Therefore, our work is to investigate this appearance, see through it, and experience the freedom that comes from having open awareness and compassion, rather than a personal self, as our basic ground.”*
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I bring a sex and pleasure positive, kink-affirming approach to our work; honoring diverse expressions of self, intimacy and relating.