I am a Licensed Mental Health Therapist and Parenting Consultant/Educator. I work with adolescents, adults and couples treating work/school difficulties, social/relationship struggles, painful life transitions and loss, depression and anxiety.. I earned my masters in counseling from Seattle University in 1994 and a postgraduate certificate in psychoanalytic psychotherapy in 2006. I have completed training in Active Parenting, STEP Parenting, John Gottman's "Loving Couples, Loving Children" curriculums and Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy. I am a member of the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study and Seattle EFT (seattleeft.com).