About Me
About Me
I am a psychologist licensed in Washington state (License# PY61155333) and can also provide telehealth services to any PsyPact participating state (for a map of PsyPact participating states, click here). I currently provide in-person and virtual clinical services through Spectrum Psychological Associates of Washington.
I was born and raised in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area of Minnesota. I have received advanced training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and I am a certified consultant for Anchored Relational Therapy, a dignity-based approach for working with individuals with histories of complex trauma and dissociative abilities. I am passionate about a number of social justice causes and believe that my role as a psychologist includes a responsibility of advocacy to curb the social barriers and systemic factors that contribute to the distress of the people I serve. I approach my work with humility and humor, honoring each person and their unique story.
Professional Experience
I earned my Doctor of Psychology degree from the Saint Mary's University of Minnesota's APA-accredited PsyD in Counseling Psychology program. I completed my APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship with Behavioral Health Network in western Massachusetts where I provided individual, couples, and group therapy in a community mental health setting and provided behavioral health consultation in a primary care setting. I completed my postdoctoral fellowship at the Trauma Disorders Program of Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland where I provided inpatient and outpatient treatment to individuals with DID, Complex Posttraumatic Stress, and various other trauma- and dissociation-related difficulties. I also provided hospital-wide, trauma-specific consultation.
I hold an affiliate faculty appointment in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology program at Antioch University, Seattle, and an adjunct faculty appointment at the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine. I am an elected trustee for the Washington State Psychological Association's board of trustees (2025-2028 term). I serve as an associate editor for the APA-published Journal of Threat Assessment and Management and serve on the editorial board for the journals Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy published by division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and Psychological Injury and Law published by Springer. I serve on the executive committee for Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (convention programming chair, 2023-2024, award committee chair, 2025). I am a task-force member and co-author of Division 56's Professional Practice Guidelines for the Assessment of Psychological Trauma in Adults, currently in public comment. I am also a proud member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD).
Who I serve
I offer therapy and asessment to adolescents and adults 14 or older. Although I routinely work with individuals experiencing various different clinical concerns, I specialize in working with individuals who have experienced severe abuse and/or neglect in childhood. Many of my clients possess a multitude of dissociative abilities, including Dissociative Identity, and are on a journey of healing and recovery from Complex Posttraumatic Stress.
I adopt a stance of personal and cultural humility and I have experience working with people from many different backgrounds. I am particularly passionate about working with LGBTQ+ individuals; Black, Indigenous, and other Persons of the Global Majority; individuals with disabilities; and others who have experienced similar systemic oppression. I honor and value the cultural communities we belong to and see trauma resolution as a fundamentally liberatory process. My approach is both culturally sensitive and culturally specific, deconstructing the role of cultural hegemony of the white cishetero-patriarchy in the marginalization of targeted communities.