Approach

Counseling Focus and Theory

People are my focus; I have experience with people from 6 years old to 60+. My approach to growth and healing is rooted in relationship and I am enthusiastic about how neuroscience is helping us understand what matters most as we grow and heal. My theoretical basis is humanistic, I focus on the person as a part of the world they live in.  I use multiple theories to support your needs.

Training and Experience

• Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from George Fox University

• Child-centered play therapy as taught by Dr. Daniel Sweeney and Dr. Gary Landreth 

• Dr. Susan Johnson’s Emotion Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) (level 1) which is based in attachment theory. 

• Experience with humans who have received diagnoses from adjustment disorder, P, self-harm, bereavement, ADHD, anxiety and depression to OCD and personality disorder. 

• I am credentialed in both Oregon and Washington.

See my Oregon professional disclosure statement for more details

about my theoretical approach and the name of my supervisor.