Seen first, fixed never. That's the order therapy should run in. I work with individuals, couples, families, and teens on life transitions, relationship dynamics, and trans-affirming care, care that treats gender identity as simply part of who someone is, not a clinical issue to be managed.

I think of the work as a co-pilot relationship, you're the one steering, and my job is to help you see the road more clearly, not to take the wheel from you. Life transitions, whether that's a move, a breakup, a gender transition, or just the slow realization that something in your life needs to change, are a big part of what brings people to me, and I try to meet that with steadiness rather than urgency. I hold trans-affirming care as a distinct focus, not a subset of general LGBTQ+ affirming language.

I practice under the supervision of Margaret MacLeod, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, as I complete my hours toward full licensure, so the clinical decisions I make in session are reviewed by someone trained specifically in that oversight. I try to bring the same steadiness to a sixteen-year-old sorting out their identity as I do to an adult navigating a divorce.

People navigating a life transition, couples renegotiating what comes next, and trans or gender-diverse clients who want the basics already understood all find that here, in Tacoma or anywhere in Washington.

First sessions with me are orientation, not evaluation, understanding where you are and where you want to go, not judging how you got here, and the intake form is the only paperwork between you and one. If you're navigating a gender transition alongside a relationship or family transition, I want to hear about both, they usually aren't separate conversations.