Therapy

While I primarily provide clinical consultation services I also provide psychotherapy services. My highest priority is to foster a supportive and respectful relationship where clients can experience honest self-expression, validation, movement toward greater self-understanding, and meaningful growth. I have a special interest in providing psychotherapy for graduate students in clinical training as well as newly practicing and established clinicians. My work is primarily grounded in the following therapeutic orientations and approaches:

  • Humanistic / Person-Centered Therapy

    is a positive approach that focuses on a person’s individual nature, rather than categorizing or reducing people with similar experiences or characteristics to being seen as “the same.” We all have our own unique way of looking at the world, and this view impacts our choices and actions. This approach considers the whole person, not only from the therapist’s view but from the viewpoint of clients exploring their own experiences and behaviors. It emphasizes clients’ strengths and the importance of being your true self in order to lead your most fulfilling life.

  • Gendlin's Focusing Process

    is a research-based approach that helps people learn to direct their attention toward things they experience that are difficult to describe in a concrete way. Have you ever felt guided by a “gut feeling” even though you couldn’t really explain it in words? The Focusing process helps people notice their deeper "felt sense” of a situation or problem, and helps them answer the question, “Does what I’m saying match what I’m actually feeling?” Learning to listen to ourselves in this way can provide helpful insight and direction dealing with the situations, thoughts, and feelings that challenge us.

  • Bigger Picture / Mindfulness

    As human beings we are interactive: with ourselves, each other, and the living world of which we are a part. Our work will invite you to explore this “bigger picture” of connectedness by drawing upon a diverse array of guided experiential exercises. With mindful, creative, and/or body-centered practices, we will collaborate to enhance your access to a sense of groundedness, flow, expansion, and revitalization.

  • Developmental / Attachment Approaches

    are grounded in research regarding how early experiences with primary caregivers can shape the adults that we become. They are informed by developmental psychology and by interpersonal neurobiology, an area of study about how the mind, brain, and relationships integrate. An attachment-informed therapeutic approach includes exploring early experiences, the effects of those experiences, and strengthening the capacity for secure relationships in one’s life today.

  • Narrative / Identity Formation Processes

    involve exploring the stories we develop and carry with us through our lives. As we experience events and interactions, we give meaning to them and they, in turn, influence how we see ourselves and the world. We can feel empowered when we are able to perceive ourselves as separate from, and more than, these stories.

Fees, Forms, and Inquiries

My standard fee for a 55-minute therapy session is $155. A sliding scale fee option may be available. To inquire about therapy services and/or reviewing my counseling disclosure forms, please call me at (206) 459-1807 or complete the contact form below.*

*Please note that the contact form should only be used for general inquiries and not for existing clients’ communications with me.