Education & Experience

I earned a Master of Science (MS) in Counseling Psychology from Seattle Pacific University and completed my EMDR training through H2 Psychotherapy Services. I am a Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Child Mental Health Specialist with more than 25 years of clinical and behavioral-health experience.

Throughout my career, I have provided and overseen behavioral-health services for children, adolescents, adults, and families experiencing trauma, abuse and neglect, anxiety, depression, attachment disruptions, relationship and family challenges, and complex mental-health needs. My clinical background includes community mental health, residential treatment, child welfare, family-preservation services, and private practice.

I founded Resilience Psychological Associates in 2006 and continue to provide psychotherapy through the practice. My work focuses particularly on childhood and complex trauma, attachment wounds, and the ways earlier experiences continue to shape a person’s emotions, relationships, beliefs, and responses in the present.

In addition to my direct clinical work, I spent 14 years as Chief Operating Officer and five years as Chief Executive Officer of a comprehensive behavioral-health and human-services organization. This combination of clinical and organizational leadership gives me a broad understanding of trauma, child development, family systems, relationships, and the environmental and systemic factors that influence emotional well-being.

My EMDR practice is informed by extensive experience supporting people with acute, complex, and longstanding concerns. I remain committed to continued professional development and to providing trauma treatment that is compassionate, collaborative, responsive, and evidence-informed.