A Clinical Fellow of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and a active member of Seattle EFT, I am an EFT couples therapist fully certified by the International Centre of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. I am also an
We will not try to make you do what somebody else wants you to do. We start with your goals & find ways to help you develop the necessary skills. We have found that, if a person's individual wishes are not represented in the solution, it will not
The following are some of the more prevalent concerns that I help couples with:
Balancing your most important relationship with your career demands
Discovering how conflict can make you stronger as a couple
I have been in private practice seeing mostly couples and families for over 35 years. I am a trained systems therapist. This means I look at patterns and systems that contribute to how things work and not work. I really like applying this
Relationships don't form in a vacuum. Just like people, a lot factors in to what shapes and dynamics grow between people. I help root out where the functional mismatches are happening and provide opportunities and tools for shifting those in ways that bring new life to
I see therapy as a collaboration between therapist and client. I use a variety of theoretical models but primarily cognitive/behavioral and family systems approaches.
I work with individuals, couples and families and teens.