Therapy works better when you don't have to translate yourself first. If part of what makes you you is the fandoms, the special interests, or the questions about identity you haven't fully named yet, I want that in the room too, not filed away as irrelevant to the real work.

I find real joy in helping people embrace who they actually are, rather than the version of themselves they think a therapist wants to see. I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Geek Therapy Certified provider, a specialty that takes fandom, gaming, and other deeply-held interests seriously as part of someone's identity and coping rather than treating them as a distraction from therapy. I work with individuals, couples, families, and adolescents on stress and anxiety, and on identity and gender, and I try to meet each of those areas without assuming a single storyline for how anxiety, identity, or gender is supposed to show up in someone's life.

I trained at Antioch University Seattle and I'm a member of AASECT. I was also nominated for WAMFT's Student Associate of the Year, which reflects the kind of attention I try to bring to every client I see, not just the ones whose interests overlap with mine.

I'm a good fit for someone in Tacoma or across Washington state who's felt like they had to leave a piece of themselves at the door of past therapy, whether that's a fandom, a special interest, or a question about identity that hasn't fully settled yet.

Request a session or start an intake form when you're ready, or reach out with a question first if you want to get a feel for whether this is the right match before committing to a first appointment. I try to keep the intake process itself simple, a short form, a scheduled first session, and a conversation that starts wherever you actually are, not where a form assumes you should be.