Body, mind, emotions, and the systems shaping your life don't operate separately, so I don't treat them separately. 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, and this longer-arc work carries consistent, credentialed oversight the whole way through. 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.

This work rewards starting before you feel fully ready, and the intake form is a small first step. 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.