My path to counseling came after a long tenure in the legal world, where I worked in civil rights, prison rights, and criminal justice. Practicing law required curiosity, compassion, and conviction, but it lacked true connection. After a period of pause and reflection, I left the legal field to pursue counseling. That decision not only brought me to the career I was meant to do, but also led me to understand the importance of deeply integrative therapy: working somatically and relationally rather than relying on intellectualization alone, and recognizing and moving past old strategies and neural pathways that no longer serve us. Most of all, it helped me realize the importance of Core Self work: reconnecting with the most authentic parts of ourselves, parts we often lose to wounding, trauma, or old need-based patterns that once helped us, but no longer do.

I hold a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I also hold a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where I studied Women’s Studies and Legal Studies, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Davis.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the state of Oregon, licensed through the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists, and I abide by its Code of Ethics. My license number is C7832. I’ve received training in AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy), Hakomi, and Attachment Therapy.