Services
Virtual Therapy or Walk & Talk Sessions for Whidbey Island Locals
In-office therapy, virtual, and walk & talk. If you'd like to consent to Walk and Talk Sessions, these sessions can be beneficial for body, mind, and provide bilateral stimulation. Online video sessions, scheduling, and billing are facilitated through an EHR software called Simple Practice.
Rates
Consultation Call - $0 for 15 minutes
Intake Session - $150 for 60 minutes
Individual Therapy - $110 for 53 minutes
Walk & Talk Therapy - $130 for 53 minutes
Couples Therapy - $150 for 60 minutes
Family Therapy - $200 for 90 minutes
Sliding scale - $50 - $100 (limited availability)
I currently can not accept Insurance but do accept Health Savings or Flexible Spending Accounts.
Youth &
Family Work
With over 10 years of experience working with elementary and middle school aged youth, I have developed a deep understanding of child development, common diagnoses, and the behaviors that can leave children feeling confused or overwhelmed and families feeling exhausted or unsure of how to help.
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When working with children, I use play and art therapy to create a comfortable, age appropriate space where they can express their thoughts and feelings naturally. During the first 4–5 sessions, I focus on developing a comprehensive understanding of the child, their strengths, their challenges, and the family system. From there, I can begin helping children build new skills, model healthy behaviors, and develop a deeper understanding of the emotions and experiences underlying their frustrations or challenging behaviors.
I have particular experience supporting children and families through challenges such as emotional “masking” when a child holds it together at school but releases pent up emotions at home. This can be especially common for children with ADHD or Autism. Other areas include working with children experiencing anxiety or OCD who may struggle with rigidity, routines, or rituals, and children navigating significant life changes such as parental separation, loss in the family, or other major transitions.
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My goal is to help children feel understood rather than defined by their behaviors, while supporting families in understanding what their child may be communicating through those behaviors and developing practical ways to respond with greater connection and confidence.
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​When working with the family as a whole, I utilize Structural Family Therapy to explore the roles each family member has taken on and how those roles influence the way the family interacts. Together, we can identify patterns such as triangulation, unhealthy enmeshment, or unclear boundaries that may be contributing to conflict or disconnection. The goal is to help family members develop greater differentiation, strengthen healthy boundaries, and create more supportive and connected relationships with one another.
Stuck Adults
It’s more common than you might think to find ourselves cycling through patterns that keep us from showing up in life the way we want to. Sometimes these patterns are connected to concerns such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, or other mental health diagnoses. Other times, they may come from learned patterns and behaviors that developed through our childhood experiences, family dynamics, cultural norms, or other systems that have shaped us.
Therapy can be an opportunity to step back and explore these patterns with curiosity rather than judgment. Together, we can look at whether the ways you are showing up in your life are aligned with your own values and desires or whether you are carrying stories, expectations, or ways of relating that you learned along the way and that may no longer serve you. Recognizing these patterns creates space for choice. You get to decide what you want to carry forward and what you are ready to let go of.
We may begin with Narrative Therapy as I learn what matters most to you, what gives your life meaning, and how you understand your own story. Using a Person-Centered approach, I tailor therapeutic tools and coping strategies to your unique needs and experiences. When unresolved trauma or protective patterns are part of the picture, I may incorporate Internal Family Systems (IFS) to explore the different parts of yourself that may be working to protect you through defenses that once served an important purpose but may no longer be helpful in your current season of life.
My goal is to create a space where you can better understand yourself, reconnect with what matters to you, and feel empowered to make intentional choices about how you want to move forward.
Couples
At times, it can feel easier to be alone than to be in a relationship and sometimes, that feeling makes sense. Navigating life on your own means you only have to consider your own needs, feelings, wants, and desires. Being in a relationship asks us to make space for another person and to continually navigate the differences between two people. Even the healthiest relationships take time, effort, and intentionality.
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At the same time, there is something deeply meaningful about the connection and intimacy that can develop when two people truly show up for one another. Relationships can become a place where we feel seen, understood, supported, and able to grow while still maintaining our individual identities.
Whether you are seeking therapy to reconnect and show up for one another with greater authenticity, navigate a rupture or infidelity, work through communication challenges, or redefine the expectations and commitments within your relationship, couples therapy can provide a space to slow down, understand what is happening between you, and build a different way of relating.
When working with couples, I draw from Attachment Theory to explore each partner’s attachment patterns and the ways early experiences of relationships and love can unconsciously shape how we connect with one another. We begin with psychoeducation around attachment, love languages, and the patterns that have developed within your relationship. From there, we can clarify what you want your relationship to look like moving forward and build a shared foundation for that vision.
I also incorporate skills from the Gottman Method, along with sex and intimacy work, to strengthen communication, deepen connection, and support repair after relational ruptures. My goal is to help couples create a relationship where both partners can feel connected and understood while continuing to show up as their own individual selves.
Inner Child Work
Inner child work offers a compassionate way to explore how our early experiences and relationships shaped the way we understand ourselves and navigate the world today. The ways we were cared for, or the ways our needs may not have been met, can influence how we care for ourselves as adults. For example, if you learned as a child that strong emotions were not welcome, you may have learned to suppress your feelings or feel shame when big emotions arise. If you experienced criticism, inconsistency, or a lack of emotional support, you may have developed patterns that once helped you feel safe but may no longer serve you in the same way today.
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Inner child work invites us to reconnect with these younger, more vulnerable parts of ourselves with curiosity and compassion. Rather than judging the ways we learned to cope, we can begin to understand where those patterns came from and offer ourselves the care, safety, and acceptance that may have been missing. Over time, this work can help us feel more grounded and resilient, respond to life from the present rather than being pulled back into old patterns, and create a deeper sense of connection with ourselves.
Reconnecting with these younger parts of ourselves can also create space for a sense of lightness, joy, and wonder that we may not have experienced since childhood. Joy and awe can be deeply healing, and if you’ve found it harder to access these emotions as you’ve gotten older, reconnecting with this part of yourself can be a meaningful part of inner child work.
Think about the feeling you had when you discovered bugs outside, gazed up at the stars, or laughed so hard with your friends that your stomach hurt. That sense of wonder and aliveness is still a part of you, even if it has become harder to access beneath the responsibilities, stress, and experiences of adulthood.
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Sometimes reconnecting with this part of ourselves asks us to become a little more vulnerable or playful. This might mean putting yourself in a new or slightly uncomfortable social setting, learning something that challenges you, trying something creative, or even practicing mindfulness when your mind wants to fill every quiet moment with noise. These small experiences can create opportunities to reconnect with curiosity, presence, and the parts of ourselves that still know how to play, explore, and experience the world with wonder.