Psychotherapy
Do you want to feel empowered to...
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reconnect to your body and a felt sense of safeness,
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deeply know and trust yourself,
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skillfully navigate an overwhelming world in a state of grounded peace,
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heal your trauma and dis-ease,
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accomplish big dreams without sacrificing yourself in the process?
I am honored to walk with you on your healing and growth journey.
Mental Health Counseling for Adults and Teens
THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
☼ My therapeutic approach begins within relational theory and a deep belief in the importance of a safe therapeutic relationship within which healing can occur.
☼ Rooted in compassion, curiosity, and cultural awareness, I tailor therapy to each individual client, using a combination of somatic, narrative, and expressive arts therapies, as well as mindfulness based cognitive therapy.
☼ Our bodies and minds hold untold stories. Through a mindful combination of talking, movement, and creative expression, we can metabolize trauma, emotions, and challenging experiences.
☼ This may look like processing past experiences and upbringing, learning and practicing coping tools for dealing with present day struggles, processing emotions and internal narratives, learning to attune to our bodies, expression through creative means beyond speech, such as movement or drawing.
☼ This process is collaborative. Not all of the above elements are always present - we use what works for us.
☼ I welcome all layers of my clients’ identities, including intergenerational and ancestral traumas, spirituality, and mystical experiences.
☼ Ultimately, I emphasize self-empowerment and deep self-knowledge, with the aim to increase balance, harmony, and resilience.
☼ Together we will create a plan for our work together, and will check in on a regular basis about how it's going.
CLIENT FOCUS
☼ I work with adults and teens 13+ of all backgrounds, specializing in trauma, anxiety, overwhelm, grief, communication and self-expression.
☼ In particular I work with complex and developmental trauma and emotional neglect. What we learn in our early years about how to be in the world, and how to be in relationship, often has a big impact on our present day functioning, and our self-image. The good news is that we can learn new ways of being and relating - by cultivating safety in our bodies and expressing our truth.
☼ I enjoy working with individuals from all walks of life, and I hold a special place in my heart for artists and neurodivergent creatives, as well as athletes and dancers, especially those struggling with body-image issues and high pressures relating to performance.
TIER BASED PAYMENT MODEL
I offer a payment system that allows you to have autonomy over how much you pay. My sliding scale method is different from others in that I don’t ask about your income, assets, dependents, etc. and then tell you how much you will pay - because I know it’s more complicated than that, and I want you to have agency. Instead, you will pick a price that you feel best reflects your current financial wellbeing from four fixed tiers.
I am not contracted with any insurance providers. Insurance companies often cause barriers in therapists' ability to provide services at the frequency that is appropriate for the individual seeking services, as they have limitations to how many sessions they are willing to cover. Many insurance companies also require that their contracted providers give proof of pathology in order to cover services. I strive to be non-pathologizing in my therapeutic work. This means that I don’t want to label you for the sake of getting your insurance company to cover your services. Further, contracting with insurance companies requires extensive administrative time - time that I would rather use to better serve you. I utilize private pay to minimize these limitations and work outside the tethers of industrialized health care.
If you would like to be reimbursed directly by your insurance company, please reach out to me to request a superbill.
Tier I - $85
❖ I am experiencing financial hardship
❖ I consistently have trouble meeting my needs due to my unreliable financial state
❖ Paying for health care services feels burdensome for my financial wellbeing
Tier II - $110
❖ My needs are met most of the time but they are not always guaranteed
❖ My finances often fluctuate and can feel unstable
❖ Paying for services may become burdensome to my financial wellbeing
Tier III - $135
❖ I am comfortably able to meet all my needs
❖ My finances feel generally stable and predictable
❖ Paying for services does not cause any financial hardship for me at this time
Tier IV - $160
❖ I am able to compensate my provider so that those who are not in my financial position may still receive services
❖ I feel comfortable paying the top rate to help foster equity in my community
Please note: If the above options still pose a barrier to you in getting therapy, please reach out for a free consultation and we can discuss further options.
SCHEDULE
Weekly and bi-weekly sessions: Monday - Thursday
Irregular, extra & one-off sessions: Monday - Friday, with occasional weekend availability
Contact for current availability.
LOCATION
In-person sessions available in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle, a block away from the lake.
Virtual sessions available to existing clients.
6869 Woodlawn Ave NE, Suite 206E, Seattle, WA 98115
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