Integrative Counseling & Mental Health Services

After becoming a clinical psychologist in California, I returned home to Seattle to become a therapist in private practice during the summer of 2010.

I have worked in a variety of clinical settings, including long term residential treatment for adults and adolescents suffering with substance abuse, addiction and the aftermath of traumatic experiences (at Daytop, which is now called Our Common Ground in California). I also worked in a private university counseling center (Santa Clara University), where I concurrently taught personality theory, research methods and psychopathology and diagnosis to Counseling Psychology graduate students. I have also worked as a therapist in private practice both here in Seattle and in Silicon Valley, where I have experience helping people to overcome a variety of mental health challenges ranging from the traumatic stress of sexual assault to depression, anxiety, and long-standing relationship problems.

I hold a BA degree in English and Military Science from the University of Washington (Go Dawgs!), an MA degree in Leadership and Organizational Development from Bastyr University (Leadership Institute of Seattle, which is now a part of Saybrook University), and MA and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California.

I also have formal training in Buddhist meditative practices (and am published by the Oxford University Press on the subject with my co-author, Dr. Randye Semple, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine), as well as post-doctoral training in Non-Dual Psychotherapy and the Teaching of Non-Dual Inquiry with Peter Fenner, the Author of Radiant Mind.

Lastly, I have received special post-doctoral training in biofeedback from the Institute of HeartMath, and in psychosocial oncology with Mariusz Wirga, M.D., Medical Director of Psychosocial Oncology, Long Beach Memorial Hospital in Long Beach, California.

Prior to becoming a Seattle therapist in private practice, I was a commissioned officer in the United States Army Medical Service Corps, serving overseas in Germany and Africa, as well as in the United States. I also had a 10-year career as a civilian medical executive, small business owner and consultant in marketing, leadership, and organizational development.