Most patterns run your life quietly until someone helps you slow down enough to notice them. I work with individuals and families on trauma, grief, parenting, and the kind of life transitions that don't come with instructions.

That includes navigating illness, something I understand from the inside as well as the therapist's chair, since I live with a chronic autoimmune condition myself. I also draw on my own multi-ethnic family background when working with clients navigating identity and belonging across cultures. My taste in music runs from Beethoven to Guns N' Roses, which is maybe a small detail, but it says something about how I approach people generally, with genuine curiosity rather than a fixed idea of who they should be. I'm currently completing my clinical hours toward full LMFT licensure, and I work with families as well as individuals throughout that process.

I practice under the supervision of Robin Beckley, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, as I complete my licensure hours, so my clinical judgment has ongoing, credentialed oversight behind it at every stage. I work with individuals and families, and I hold a queer-affirming practice as a standing part of how I approach every intake, not something a client has to request.

People working through grief, chronic illness, or a family transition, in Tacoma or anywhere in Washington, do well with me when they want a queer-affirming clinician who won't rush the process.

Start with a session request, or just a question, whichever gets you in the door more easily. Grief and chronic illness rarely move in a straight line, and I try to hold space for the parts of that experience that don't fit neatly into a single session's worth of processing.