I want therapy to be a depth-oriented, relational space where we pay attention to your body, mind, emotions, and the systems shaping your life, all at once, rather than treating any one of those as separate from the others. I work with adults on complex PTSD, developmental trauma, anxiety, depression, and addictions.

I use the Neuroaffective Relational Model, an approach that looks at how early relational and nervous-system patterns shape adult behavior, alongside EMDR and psychodynamic approaches, to reach what talk alone sometimes can't. This work tends to move slower than symptom-focused therapy, because developmental trauma usually took years to form and doesn't respond well to being rushed. I'm a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker Associate, working toward full licensure, and I hold a master's degree in social work.

I'm supervised by Dr. Zain Shamoon, PhD, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, which means this depth-oriented, longer-arc work is backed by consistent, credentialed clinical oversight throughout. I work with individuals, and I try to keep every session grounded in the body as well as the story, since developmental trauma tends to live in both places at once.

I'm a good fit for an adult in Tacoma or across Washington state working through complex PTSD or developmental trauma who wants a depth-oriented, body-inclusive approach rather than a short-term, symptom-management model.

Request a session when you're ready to begin. Because this work tends to move at a deeper pace, it helps to come in without an expectation of quick resolution, that's not a failure of the process, it's how this kind of work actually goes. If you've done shorter-term or symptom-focused therapy before and felt like it didn't reach the root of what's going on, that's often exactly the population this depth-oriented approach is built for. Addiction is often intertwined with the developmental trauma I specialize in, and I address both together rather than treating one as secondary to the other.