About

Trauma therapy and excellence in supervision have been my passion for 45 years.  It's my mission to give what I have to alleviate suffering in the community, and promote high standards without shaming clinicians or clients.  At this time, I'm solely doing clinical consultation, including individual supervision, case consult groups, and agency team consultation.

I welcome the opportunity to help you grow.

I'm a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the State of Washington.

There are many mentors and innovators who have informed my work, including Elaine Loughlin (family therapist), Onno van der Hart (dissociation), and Janina Fisher (traumatic attachment).   Above all, I believe in cultural humility and ALWAYS doing my own work.

I received my MSW @UW in 1986, and was proud to have co-supervised one of the first shelters for unhoused women in Seattle.  I worked with all family members in intrafamilial sex abuse cases in Hawaii, and then from 1990-2003, was a clinical social worker, supervisor and trainer at Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center, before opening my own practice in 2003.

It is incredibly humbling to have been asked to provide consultation for refugee-serving agencies, health clinic IBH teams, Latinx, African-American and Indigenous-focused organizations.

Continuing education is a constant thread that has kept my approach "alive", and recent trainings have included a Master Class in IFS provided by Dick Schwartz and Mastering the Treatment of Trauma by a number of experts including Janina Fisher, Eboni Webb and Pat Ogden.

Finally, I am influenced by seeing the "big picture" of disparities, inequity and the constant need to fight against tyranny of all forms.