I have always been oriented as a helper – I found that it came easily to me to sit and listen to people, and to offer them comfort at a very young age.  At some point it dawned on me that I should take what I am already good at and formalize this as a career path, which is how I found myself to be a therapist.  I find that this career is an excellent platform to advocate for the communities and issues that matter most to me, namely the intersection of LGBTQIA2S+ individuals to various other marginalized identities such as race, dis/ability status, neuroatypicality, ethical non-monogamy, and “non-normative” sexual practices.  As someone who knows and sees these struggles I find it incredibly rewarding to be able to work within these life experiences by using current, evidence-based practices to be able to alleviate suffering.  My graduate training at Seattle University enabled me to look through a variety of lenses, from the individual therapeutic relationship as a mechanism for healing, to being able to sit within (and hopefully find answers to) some of the largest existential questions of belonging, meaning, disaster, despair, and identity.   This is all to say that I find great joy in discovering what it means to find meaning, to move through life’s biggest issues, to exist as a human in relation with other humans, and what it means to struggle.

Folks see me both virtually and in-person in the Seattle area.  I have a deep passion for both animals and plants, and if you’re seeing me via video you will notice my expanding collection of tropical houseplants and may even have a cat or two, or my dog, make a guest appearance.  When I am not working you’ll probably find me cooking, convincing myself to exercise, reading, or maybe even in a TikTok hole.