“It is a joy to be hidden, but a disaster not to be found.”
— D.W. Winnicott
The choice to pursue therapy is one of incredible vulnerability and courage. It may feel like giving up, but I assure you, it is quite the opposite. It may even be the choice to start living for the very first time.
My hope is to provide you with enough information to get a sense of whether you want to set out on this journey with me.
As a student of philosophy, I was captivated by the personalist thought centered in the face-to-face encounter. This fascination bloomed into a vocation rooted in the incredible capacity that deep relationships have to facilitate liberation and flourishing. I followed this thread from wilderness guiding, to social work with young adults experiencing homelessness in the greater Seattle area, to serving as a chaplain with this very population, where I built theologically formative programs devoted to the upbuilding of human dignity and space to find meaning in the aftermath of trauma and severe economic oppression.
I am now a licensed mental health counselor trained in relational psychodynamic therapy. I have significant experience and expertise working with individuals struggling to live through depression, anxiety disorders, and with survivors of trauma and spiritual abuse.
My work is to facilitate an interpersonal space wherein you are able to face, feel, and move through your pain, discover and become your self, live the freedom of a deep and hard won honesty, and grow your capacity to truly love.
