Healing Happens at Your Core: Compassionate, Effective Psychotherapy for Real Change.
Psychotherapy with an Experienced Psychotherapist:
You Can Find Your Way to Living Securely
It’s that feeling of not making sense, to yourself, to other people. Perhaps it seems like your emotions come out of nowhere.
Or that you don’t understand why you react in the way you do. If you could go back, you’d do it really differently.
Or a feeling that you want to feel happy, maybe even that you should feel happy, but the hard truth is that you don’t.
Or you’ve been through some incredibly hard experiences. Now you’re finding that you feel stuck in them, without knowing how to move on.
Part of you knows that another way of living, of being in relationships, of experiencing your life is possible, but you don’t know how to get there.
The good news? Your body is already capable of feeling safe and secure.
It is possible. You make sense. We can find out why together.
Every Part of You is Welcome
Going to therapy can be a strange experience. Many folks feel unsure of whether they’ll be wholly, fully accepted, just as they are. Some people have never had a relationship like this before.
In my practice, every part of you gets to be in the room.
Whether this is your first time working with a psychotherapist or whether you’ve done work in the past, we’ll set the pace together to make sure you feel comfortable opening up in the way it feels right to you.
Everyone deserves to feel seen, respected, and empowered as they build a deeper understanding of themselves. In fact, this is the only way therapy works! Together, we’ll create a space that honors your individuality and navigates the challenges you face with understanding and compassion.
My practice offers individual, couples, and group therapy anywhere in Washington State and in-office sessions in Spokane.
“All Flourishing is Mutual”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer
Services
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Individual Therapy
Understand the root of your challenges and experience real, lasting change through compassionate, effective psychotherapy. Wondering sure if I’m the right therapist for what you need? Reach out and we’ll do a free discovery call.
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Couples Therapy
You love your person! Yet you recognize having some outside help and support will strengthen your bond or perhaps heal some deep hurt. Let’s meet together and create a space where we can find understanding both within and between you.
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Group Therapy
It’s long been known that groups are a powerful tool for change. In group sessions, you’ll find community and understanding, making it safe to see your whole self. Groups with me focus on things like trauma recovery and cPTSD, chronic illness lifestyles, and more.
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Immigration Mental Health Evaulations
You immigrated to the country with hope for the future, yet applying for a visa can be stressful and complex. A mental health evaulation can be a critical tool in this process. I provide highly thorough and detailed assessments which assist you in developing their case.
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Workshops
Want to learn and grow but don’t necessarily need therapy? Workshops are what you’re after. Here I provide engaging, tailored workshops using well-researched mental health concepts to support your business team, social group, non-profit- anyone you’d like to include!
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Colleagues
Hello to my fellow healers and helpers! Come collaborate with a seasoned professional dedicated to advancing mental health care in many areas of service. With over 20 years in the field, I bring expertise, insight, and mentoring to those looking for individual or group consultations.
Your questions answered
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Okay, here’s the nitty-gritty.
I primarily align with the attachment sciences, which show unequivocally that we’re wired for both connection and autonomy. Distress often arises when these are disrupted—whether through relationships or internal conflicts- and is best relieved through consciously mapping and understanding these internalized patterns.
My experience includes helping clients address these disruptions, whether rooted in current challenges or past experiences. I’ve worked with folks struggling with cPTSD, depression, anxiety, and lots of other things.
I am extensively trained in attachment models like Circle of Security, Child/Parent Psychotherapy, and ARC, as well other models such as EMDR and CBT. I also heavily use the Wheel of Consent in my practice and a model of communication called Authentic Relating.
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I take a direct but non-directive approach, working to facilitate your healing rather than dictating it. While I bring expertise, you are the expert on your life. Our sessions will be a space of respect, acceptance, and loving challenge as we deepen your understanding of yourself and your relationships.
Clients who benefit most from my approach are those seeking meaningful change and a deeper connection with themselves, rather than quick fixes or surface-level problem-solving.
We won’t just focus on the events of your week, we’ll listen to how you experience them in a way that highlights your patterns, your ‘subtext’, and gives you greater access to conscious choice.
It’s this choice that puts you back in the driver’s seat, creating and building your life rather than just reacting to what happens.
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There sure are. While I see folks who have all kinds of backgrounds and needs, most of my clients come to me to talk about really hard things they went through, often as kids. When we grow up in a way that forces us to mostly stay in fight or flight, we call this cPTSD. I have been working with folks recovering from cPTSD for more than 20 years.
Trauma doesn’t discriminate and often gets more specific. I also have extensive experience helping folks recover from religious/spiritual trauma, medical trauma and living with chronic illnesses, acute trauma in adulthood, and more.
Many of my clients are raising kids and trying to understand how to parent differently than how they were parented.
Many of my clients struggle to have lasting, close, safe relationships are are trying to change that.
Many of my clients feel angry, closed off, shut down and numb, or like they don’t have a sense of living ‘their’ life instead of the life they’re ‘supposed’ to live.
Many of my clients are autistic and trying to both differentiate their trauma from their autism and understand how to navigate life in a world built for neurotypical people.
And the human experience is complex and complicated. If you’re wondering if I’m the right therapist for you, reach out with your questions! It’s always okay to ask if I’m the right person to help you.
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Yes and yes! I’m located in Spokane, WA and have an office in the downtown area.
However, since I see clients all over Washington State, I offer sessions convienently via a HIPAA secure platform. This ensures your privacy and makes accessing psychotherapy services very convienent.
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My office hours are Monday - Friday, typically from 9 am - 4 pm. Sessions are usually just under an hour, although our first session will be longer to cover all the paperwork. After we get started, most folks meet with me for one 50-55 minute session a week. Some folks prefer to do longer intensive sessions (several hours, often several days in a row) and some folks prefer shorter (25-30 minutes). If you’re interested in something like this, let me know and we can talk about what is the right fit.