I graduated with my Master's Degree in Psychology/Art Therapy from Antioch University/Seattle. Combining art and psychology is not a new concept. Actually, Sigmund Freud cited one of his patients as saying, "I could draw it... but I don't know how to say it." Art Therapy is a non verbal way to communicate thoughts and feelings while opening up new pathways of thinking. Art does not always mean staying within the lines - one's image holds true to one's self and only to one's self. It is my mission to continue to develop as an individual so I can best meet the needs of my client's. As a member of The Amerian Art Therapy Association and WA Marriage and Family Association I am informed and kept up to date to sustain my therapeutic services as a Family & Marriage Art Therapist.

An evidence-based, solution-focused private practice offering psychotherapy/counseling services to Seattle's eastside communities. We assist individuals, couples and families in a variety of individualized treatments for children, adolescents and adults. Call today for a free-initial one-hour consultation.

My general therapeutic approach is client centered, in that I view a client's recognition of his/her own strengths to be of compelling importance to mental health. Likewise, I also view as critical insight a client's recognition of the societal/systemic imbalances which adversely affect his/her healthy functioning. In counseling sessions, I work with the client to bring these two areas of insight to bear on aspects of life in which the client is unable to move forward. I tend to adhere to a short term practical therapeutic approach, believing that if therapy is to be effective for a client, it should be effective in fairly short order. This belief does not rule out longer-term therapeutic relationships, but dictates that they be continuingly effective. I work with clients themse