I am a credentialed Licensed Mental Health Counselor (#LH60764030) with the state of Washington. I received my graduate training at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology and my undergraduate degree from Metropolitan State College of Denver in Colorado. My therapeutic work began in community mental health, includes some years in a non-12 step chemical dependency agency, and now in private practice. I have worked with individuals and groups of men, women, and those identifying transgender and non-binary, people diagnosed with acute and chronic mental illness, in both rural and urban settings. I also hold membership in the Center For Object Relations and the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study. I often utilize consultation with mentors and colleagues including Sue Carlson, LMHC, and Doug Hansen, LCSW, and participate in a consultation group, previously in one such group under the care of Tom Sanders, MSW. I have and continue to undergo my own personal therapy.