What is therapy like at Holdfast?

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Welcome

I am so glad you are here, I know how hard it is to find a therapist, and how tender and vulnerable the process can be. I love working with people with complex trauma histories, attachment wounds, and childhood abuse, neglect, and loss. I believe that you deserve to live fully. It might feel impossible now, but you (yes you) have the power to heal, I have seen it over and over again.

What to expect

  • You will be given space and time to experiment with removing the mask and being fully seen. Even if that has never been safe before.
  • My therapy room is a sacred space, a liminal space where together we draw close to your story and treat it with care and gentleness.
  • I work from a depth oriented perspective, that means we will turn our shared curiosity to the heart of your suffering. Here "symptoms" are information that sends us deeper.
  • We all have parts of ourselves we have had to exile to stay safe at some point, but healing demands we welcome and befriend those parts, let them be loved again, and reclaim the power they offer.
  • I am endlessly awed by the people who I accompany in all the seasons of their lives, my work always grows out of consent and mutuality.

Modalities

  • Shift ingrained nervous system patterns with EMDR processing.
  • Unpick the story of how you got here, create meaning and choose purpose as you begin to tell a new story not tied to what happened, but rooted in what can be through the use of narrative exploration & existential philosophy.
  • Uncover the wisdom that is uniquely yours & reclaim your exiled gifts through exploration of your shadow & IFS.
  • Befriend (perhaps for the first time) your body and its wondrous wisdom through practices such as breathwork, and somatic noticing.

I Specialize in...

Eldest Daughters & Other "do it all" Over Achievers

Eldest daughters (and those who fill that role in their family for whatever reason) often find themselves caring for others at expense of themselves but feeling trapped in a system that doesn't let them stop.

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Therapists & Clergy

You are a caring professional. You love your job, it might even be a sacred calling, but you are beginning to notice the way it is wearing you thin, burning you out, and you worry how long you can go it alone. You don't have to, let's talk about how I can support you.

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Peri/Post Menopause

It has been said that not all who wander are lost. Sometimes we simply need to explore! I love working with those at thresholds and transitions who are setting out on a life journey into change, especially peri and post menopause. 

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PTSD & Complex PTSD

You are move than what happened to you, but sometimes the hurts do not heal as they should and you find yourself trapped in repeating loops of trigger and reaction that steal your agency. But those loops can be rewritten and healing is possible.

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"Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." 

C. G. Jung

I am deeply grateful for the insights of modern mental health research, and aware that the ancient wisdom of the heart and soul often take us places where the scientific method falters. For me therapy must, to be healthy, marry the ancient and the cutting edge: honoring both ancient wisdom ways, and the insights of neuroscience. Here EMDR dances with dream analysis, tarot cards invite us to hone our intuition and polyvagal theory informs our breathwork. Intrigued? Get started!

My training and background have prepared me to work with a variety of issues. But I love most working with women in midlife, who are tired of living for everyone else, as they process trauma, heal generations of broken relationship patterns, and reclaim their voice and power to build a life of meaning and purpose.

Because of my approach, I also see psychotherapy as a process of self care and growth, and especially enjoy working with individuals who would like to use therapy as a  means of self-exploration.

If you are ready to experience the benefits of psychotherapy, tell your own story, and begin to build healthier relationships and a meaning filled life, reach out! I look forward to meeting you.

Credentials

Master of Divinity (Seminary of the Southwest, Austin Texas, 2011)

Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Antioch University, Keene New Hampshire, 2026)

Mental Health Counseling Associate, Washington State (License No. MHCA.MC.70121598)

Member:

  • American Counseling Association (ACA)
  • EMDRIA trained EMDR practitioner
  • Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE)
  • C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
  • Jungian Psychotherapists Association (Seattle)
  • Spiritual Directors International (SDI)
  • Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study (NWAPS) board member
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.

Maya Angelou