Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese,
harsh and exciting
- over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.
From “The Wild Geese,” Mary Oliver
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Insurances Accepted
Pacific Source Private Insurance
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Providence
Kaiser Permanente
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Age of Client
Ages 0 to 6
Ages 6 to 10
Ages 11 to 13
Ages 14 to 16
Ages 17 to 19
Adults
Elders (65+)
Locations of Services (If Available)
Telehealth
Salem Office
Salem-Keizer School District
Our Work Together
For adults:
I have been described as calm, grounded, attentive, and caring. I believe healing cannot be forced and we go at your own pace. At the same time, we will remain attentive to what in your life is wanting to change, and I will help you find courageous action to make it happen. Joy reveals what nourishes our true self. Grief shows us what we have loved, and what we want to preserve. Fear reveals the edge of what we know, and where we might grow.
My “theoretical approach” draws upon the principles of attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology to create an environment of safety and trust. Here you can come into deeper knowing of your own feelings, and discover what you truly value and want from life and relationships. From this place of knowing, the courage to make change, the ability to accept what we cannot, “and the wisdom to know the difference” can all be found.
Rather than looking for canned answers or interventions, I give attention to what is happening between us in the moment. As trust is built between us, old relationship patterns, limited ways of thinking, and unfelt feelings appear for exploration and healing. You will be held in acceptance while also challenged to follow where the seed of life is wanting to grow within you.
My degree is in Clinical Social Work, and my employment background is in crisis work. In times of emotional confusion or intense pain, I use mindfulness-based skills and expressive art practices (drawing, poetry, song) to help you find safety and expression for overwhelming emotions, thoughts, or images so that they can be felt and understood. Panic and anxiety can be soothed, grief can be expressed, and depression transformed into creativity.
I am deeply influenced by Jungian ideas and my own experiences as a psychotherapy client are rooted in this framework. You are welcome to bring your night dreams, visionary imagination, and creative work into our conversations. I also incorporate ecotherapy and look to Nature as a third partner in our work, as I believe that the Earth is our first source for healing, and our deepest teacher on relationships and wholeness.
Gender, race, sexuality, disability, body type, cultural background, and other forms of lived identity are important parts of who we are. In our sessions you will be empowered to witness and draw strength from all parts of yourself, seen and unseen.
For some, “feeling better” can happen in a matter of moments. For others, the healing journey becomes the privilege of a lifetime. You can expect from our time together that you will be given usable practices to find relief from emotional distress, while also receiving support to carry forward the healing into and with your own life. What we do will reflect what you want and need at this time. I look forward to meeting you!
For kids:
I enjoy being a children’s therapist because I love spending time with kids! For fun, I enjoy music, singing, learning about plants and animals (like my friend Jennifer, the chicken in the photo), writing, and being outside with my family. I have a French bulldog named Lily who loves to go for walks around Salem. My family loves card games, especially Magic the Gathering and Pokémon. As a mom, I know the joys and challenges of being a parent, and as a former child, the confusion and excitement of growing up.
As your therapist, we will spend time together playing, drawing, singing, reading books, or talking. If you have been hurt, I will be a safe adult to talk to, who can help you make sense of what happened. If following directions is confusing or difficult, or if you have feelings that are sometimes “too big” to control, we can talk together about how to make sense of them and how to ask for help. If friendships are difficult, we can practice how to make friends and be a friend. If you have a game you want to play, I will be excited to play it with you! I am with you however you want to be that day. Our time together is just for you.
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