Education & Experience

I trained with Humanitarian Assistance Programs Trauma Recovery (HAP) in 2018 and became a certified EMDR therapist with EMDRIA in 2020. I began training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Portland Psychotherapy in 2019 and am currently focusing on IFS (Internal Family Systems) studies in an effort to become a more informed clinician treating complex PTSD experiences of ego state. Prior to working in mental health I spent fifteen years of domestic and international teaching in secondary education; promoting literacy and language arts. Among my areas of expertise are Trauma, Divorce, Infertility, Attachment, Grief and Loss, End of Life, Anxiety and Depression. Finally, I continue to study since 2020 Ancestral Medicine Healing and lineage repair. Recently this past year my practice has begun incorporating the integration of Plant Medicine into trauma recovery. I recently completed a training event (July 2023) with MAPS to begin laying groundwork for integration of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with EMDR pending FDA approval of investigational MDMA. That's alot of acronyms.