About Me | Therapy

A Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 2014, I have nearly 20 years’ experience in the fields of psychotherapy and social work. I believe that people are inherently geared toward health, growth, and development. Unfortunately, life circumstances, relationships, and events can hamper that natural tendency to the extent that we become stuck. In this stuck place, we are unable to fully know or be ourselves and live life as we need to live it. I believe in therapy as a means by which to discover oneself, free oneself and become oneself.

I graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 2002.

After 2 years' work experience, I pursued a Master of Social Work degree from Humboldt State University, graduating in 2006.

I have been training in Somatic Psychotherapy for over 10 years. Most of my training has been and continues to be with Peter Moore, MFT in Eureka, CA. Concurrently, I train with Dr. Daniel Schiff of Portland, Oregon and Mitchell Singer, MA, LMHC, of Seattle, Washington.

All three men have extensive training in Somatic Psychotherapy as well as Character Analysis, also developed by Reich.

I live in Humboldt County, CA with my husband, 2 sons, a

rabbit, and 3 fish. I enjoy physical activity

including dancing, jogging, biking, hiking, swimming, and stretching. Taking in the rugged beauty of this area, from beaches to forests, rivers to mountains is a favored hobby. I also love playing piano and singing in harmony.