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Maintaining connection with those close to us can be difficult. I understand the complexities of relationships and how challenging they can be at times. As you know all relationships require maintenance and care, and I can help you navigate the complexities of your unique relationships so those relationships feel healthy for you. I work with individuals, couples and families around what is difficult for them in the moment. I have experience working with people through a variety of issues and with people from all walks of life. [Read More]

I grew up in Portland and have spent most of my life between Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area. I earned my undergraduate degree in psychology from UC Berkeley but wasn’t ready to go into clinical work at that time. After spending a decade or so in management consulting, I returned to school and earned my MA in counseling psychology from Pacific University. In graduate school and immediately after, I have three children so I work in my private practice a bit more than half time and family stuff takes up the rest. With so many friends and former colleagues in tech companies and at start-ups, I am often called on for small consulting engagements to help organizations work out interpersonal and operational challenges. [Read More]

My therapeutic approach has a dual focus. Trained as a relational, couples, and family therapist, I help my clients understand how their unique history influences their current health and happiness. When you grasp how family/relational dynamics and past trauma currently affect your ability to cope with life and its stressors, you can easily identify coping mechanisms and patterns of behavior that no longer serve you. [Read More]

I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley and my B.A in Psychology from Boston University. I completed my clinical fellowship at Stanford University, and my pre-doctoral internship at Boston University. Prior faculty distinctions include: Columbia and Emory Universities. [Read More]

I earned my master of social work degree at University of Washington in 2000. I have worked in a variety of settings as a clinical social worker: -Doing drug and alcohol counseling at methadone clinics -Providing psychotherapy at a community based mental health clinic -Program lead at Clackamas County Mental Health in a program for young adults who had developed schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder or other severe and persistent mental illnesses and who were also suffering with drug dependency -Coordinator for a program at Oregon City High School for students with social and emotional needs -Owner of Oregon City Counseling and co-owner of Men’s Resource Center, both of which focused on providing Domestic Violence Intervention groups for men [Read More]