Compassionate therapy for anxiety and trauma in Washington
You don’t have to be falling apart to start therapy, just curious enough to begin.
I’m so glad you’re here. This is the space for you if…
Your
Judgment-free
Zone
For overwhelming feelings
- Anxiety and panic
- Depression
- Inner critic
- People pleasing
- Perfectionism
For life’s transitions
- College students
- Emerging adults (Gen Z and Millennials)
- Identity issues
- Relationship loss and breakups
For trauma-informed care
- Single traumas (car accident, natural disaster, sexual assault)
- Grief and loss
- Domestic abuse and family violence
- Attachment and family of origin issues
For faith-based support
- Deconstruction/reconstruction
- Church hurts and spiritual trauma
- Christian perspective offered
The Process
1
📱We meet on a complimentary 20-minute consultation call.
✨You get to vibe me out and share the highlights bringing you to therapy.
🤔I answer your questions about my approach and how I can help.
2
Intake
🤝During our first session, I provide everything you need to know about our work together.
📖We create a safe space for you to start sharing your story and whatever you feel is important for me to know.
3
Assessment
🫶Over the next several sessions, we’ll continue making sure this is a comfy space for you to talk about the uncomfortable.
🧩We’ll start learning about parts of you that feel conflicted, overwhelmed, and stuck.
4
Care
👑We’ll meet weekly or biweekly to help all parts of you feel less stressed and more confident!
🩹We’ll pay special attention to any worsening symptoms triggered by talking about tender issues.
🌎You’ll start to see shifts in your relationships with others as you strengthen your relationship with yourself!
Mind-Body Connection
“My stomach is knots.” “My coworker is a pain in the neck.” “That breaks my heart.” “My heart was beating out of my chest.” “I’m just tired of this.” Our brain registers physical and psychological pain the same way. And just like a physical injury can lead to other complications if it doesn’t heal properly, painful emotions can become trapped in our bodies if they aren’t fully processed. We’ll explore the ways emotions show up in your body. You’ll earn how to listen to your body’s cues on emotional discomfort and how to change your brain by starting with your body.
Skills Training
We’ll start with mindfulness skills: how to be present in your body and environment without judging, attaching to, or rejecting your thoughts. We’ll begin to build other skills on top of this, like how to keep the body in a calm state, how to move through emotions instead of avoiding them, how to challenge thought patterns that keep you in the same spiral, and how to communicate your feelings and boundaries to others.
Measurement-Based Care
You are the expert on your life. So you decide the direction of therapy. I use regular assessments and check-ins to track your mental health over time and give you a voice in your treatment. We will get to make connections between life circumstances, skills we’re working on, and your symptoms. This regular feedback strengthens the therapeutic relationship and improves the likelihood of reaching your goals.
