I specialize in treating complex PTSD and complicated grief. I focus on the integration of clinical treatments using Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) approaches. We explore Jungian depth psychological practices: dream analysis, active imagination, myth, journaling, symbols. There are times when combinations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Emotional Focused Tapping (EFT); mindfulness practices, tools and skills; stress management; enhancing communication skills; exploring attachment styles and ways your body memories profoundly underly all are very helpful. The work together is challenging. Healing is life-changing.

After earning my Bachelors and Masters from Stanford and my PhD in mother-infant attachment at the University of Washington, I have spent thirty years specializing in the treatment of traumatized young adults, adults, and couples. My clients experience PTSD, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, abuse, poly-substance abuse, divorce, co-parenting challenges, attachment issues, family and step-family problems, difficult workplace and co-worker issues, and/or loss of meaning. I earned a second Masters degree, in Counseling Psychology, at Pacifica Graduate Institute. I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Boulder, Colorado.

Before moving here I studied at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA. I was Clinical Director of Separation & Loss Services, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle. I worked with high-risk adolescents, most gang-affiliated, in a juvenile detention boys’ camp and in alternative high schools near Seattle. Previously, in addition to a thriving, Seattle-area private practice begun in 1993, I co-created and administered the Diversion Program for the Washington State Bar Association and counseled lawyers and judges. I am familiar with the issues that get well-intentioned professionals into all kinds of difficulties and the ways to help them restore and regenerate self-respect and the respect of others in their families, profession and community. I am a Crime Victims Compensation Program affiliate, providing direct clinical services to survivors of violent crimes and natural disasters.  I have been Co-Principal Investigator of several national trauma treatment projects.

As I wrote earlier, there is never a “single issue” that brings someone in. Grief, PTSD depression and anxiety are often complex, complicated by childhood and/or intergenerational transmission of trauma, substance abuse, cultural and family issues. There is no single “treatment modality”. Please let me know if I can be of support to you or those you care about.