My Experience

When a position opened up at the Los Angeles juvenile hall, I jumped at the chance. I worked as a therapist helping juvenile delinquents during their detainment in juvenile hall and probation camps while working in the San Fernando Valley. I assisted each teen with viewing their behaviors and crimes as not defining them, and allowing them to see their actions did not make them worthless. Sometimes they just needed to know that someone saw them for who they were and not judge them based on their actions.

Upon relocating to Seattle, I was given the opportunity to work with families at Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, within Seattle Children's Hospital. I assisted children, teens and their families navigate a variety of mental health needs. For many teens and families, I was able to help individuals begin the healing process with both their mental health and in their family. For parents, they needed a supportive ear and a reminder that they were doing a good job.

In the private practice environment, I have really enjoyed shifting my practice focus to working exclusively with adults. I help my adult clients discover their unhealthy family dynamic patterns, heal trauma and work towards greater authenticity in themselves. I work with many adults to move beyond their own childhood experiences and trauma, and looking more deeply at why they do what they do, and how it is keeping them from the life they want. I assist each client to know and take ownership for why things happened in their lives and how to not have those experiences negatively define them in their present lives.

I work as a guide, helping my clients to uncover their personal story, without shame or judgment. I assist adults in finding balance with their emotions and feelings, reshaping their self worth, and improving their family and social relationships. I only work with adults that are willing to take responsibility for the current and future state of their lives, those fully committed to their personal recovery of the trauma story of their lives, and those who wish to embrace their own vulnerability. I look forward to helping many more individuals on their life's journey to inner strength and outward success.

Who I am

Growing up in an alcoholic home I experienced first hand the role of survival. My experiences with my mother and stepfather's drinking and my biological father’s gambling and marihuana addiction, led to growing up quickly in order to take care of myself. As I began to become my own parent, I also learned to become a caretaker for others. Being exposed to my parents' and friends' domestic disputes, witnessing my friends being physically abused, combined with parental neglect in my own household-were all difficult experiences to process as a young child. As I began to become my own parent, I also learned to become a caretaker for others.

While my mother became sober when I was a preteen, my stepfather died in the midst of his addiction, and my father continued with his active addictions. I myself was a rebellious teen, looking for ways to escape my own dismal realities. I became a friend that everyone shared their own struggles with, and the keepers of their secrets. With all the secrets (including my own) I was holding on to, coupled with the care taking and the anger at having lived with active alcoholism, I began to work with a therapist. I additionally attended a twelve-step program, at that time, to learn about the nature of alcoholism and addiction. I was slowly shifting from survival mode to living- while taking personal accountability and living more authenticity. This process was pivotal for how I would carve my own career path.

When I entered college I began to learn more about my desire to help others and myself. I promised myself that if I were to help others, I would hold myself accountable to a path of self-discovery, self-improvement, and healing. My initial desire began with wanting to help teens with making better choices, and to heal from childhood and family traumas; an area I had a personal stake in. I began to believe that early intervention would help people later in their lives. As I started my research and training I realized the whole family needs help and support with healing, not just the children and teens in the family.

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