I graduated from the University of Washington’s Master of Social Work program with a clinical focus in June 2023, and hold a Social Work Associate Independent Clinical License (LSWAIC) in the State of Washington (SC61314809) and work under the supervision of Sile Grace Matsui, MSW, LICSW.

Most of my recent work experience has been at the intersection of gender-based violence and housing & homelessness fields— for the past five years I held direct service, administrative, and program management roles. Currently in addition to being a therapist in the private practice setting I am also an Emergency Department Social Worker with UW Medicine.

My overall therapeutic approach is integrative —I allow each client to guide the therapeutic space and I ‘ll offer relevant psychoeducation as it comes up. I am relational— the relationship between myself and the client is seen as a significant element of the healing process, as the therapeutic relationship develops clients can explore and understand their relational patterns. I believe that a therapeutic relationship is non-hierarchical— there is an implied power dynamic between therapist and client but I am only human too, I see my own therapist regularly (and have previously done EMDR), and I consult with peers often! I am direct but warm, more pragmatic than theoretical. I prefer bottom-up therapy, which emphasizes identifying somatic /sensory responses to stressors (body), than top-down therapy which focuses on cognition and reframing experiences of stressors (brain).