Education and Training

I received my Master’s degree in Existantial-Phenomenological Psychology from Seattle University in 2003. I have worked with individuals and couples with a diversity of issues and backgrounds. My experience includes providing psychotherapy to a diverse population in an agency setting.

Focusing is a process that helps you to gain deepest awareness. Focusing process guides you to understand your experience through bodily felt sense.  I have been learning Focusing since 1999. Currently, I am a Trainer-in-Training, working toward certification for Focusing Professional/ Focusing Oriented Psychotherapist from Focusing Institute.
For further infomation about Focusing, please visit Focusing Institute website. 

Therapeutic Approach

I have training in Humanistic psychology, Person-Centered Approach and Experiential Psychotherapy. Also, I have experience in providing Psychodynamic Oriented Psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and adolescents.  My approach reflects all my training. 

I believe that all of us essentially know what is good for ourselves. Yet, we are not always aware of it.

In our sessions, we will spend time together to better understand your feelings and experiences. We will explore the meaning of your present and past experience(s). For an example, why you feel and behave the way(s) that you do. Increasing your awareness and understanding of your experiences would help you to gain alternative perspectives that would help you to no longer feel stuck and/or afraid. I will make observations, interpretations, and recommendations that assist you to gain a sense of congruence.