How I got here, and what I do now.
I started my career in hospitals and clinics doing child developmental evaluations and leading evidence-based parenting groups. I took a break from that pace, and eventually opened my own practice on terms that fit my family life, too.
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My work includes evidence-based therapy, parent coaching, and comprehensive psychological evaluations to help children, adults, and families create meaningful, lasting change. With parents, that ranges from concrete strategy work (how to handle the morning meltdowns, how to talk to your kid about something hard) to deeper exploration of what's making parenting harder than it needs to be (your own stress, your own anxiety, your own patterns from how you were raised).
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Parents find me when something in the day-to-day of parenting feels off. When they can't figure out their kid's behavior or what to do about it. When their own reactions are getting in the way of how they want to show up. Or when they need someone with a deep clinical background to help them approach a single problem or concern they can’t stop thinking about.
My Credentials
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BA in Religion and Philosophy, Emory University.
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Post-baccalaureate in Psychology, Columbia University.
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PhD, Clinical Psychology, Seattle Pacific University.
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Clinical internship at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
"Parents who are faced with the development of children must constantly live up to a challenge. They must develop with them."
— Erik H. Erikson, Childhood and Society
Whether you've been at this for years or you've just hit a stage that's bringing out a version of yourself you don't recognize, my work is for you.
Some parents who work with me have already got the right books on their bedside table, Instagram feeds full of advice, a visual schedule and calm-down corner (that isn’t helping). Despite their dedication to making it better, the overwhelm keeps happening at bedtime, during the morning meltdown, or when school calls for the third time this week.
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Others reach out earlier. They have a toddler whose tantrums are escalating, or a four-year-old whose behavior they can't make sense of, and they're not sure what's normal. Maybe they’re looking for help with a diagnosis, maybe not. Most are looking for help thinking about a new and overwhelming stage of life.
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Either way, my approach is the same. We figure out what's driving your child's behavior, what role your family dynamic is playing, and what's going on for you underneath. Then we make a plan.
What to expect when working with me.
I work in containers, not open-ended timelines. Parent coaching runs in packages of six to twelve weeks (we'll figure out which makes sense for you), with weekly sessions and structured material between them. Therapy for parents is less structured but still time-bounded. Most clients work with me for several months, often no longer than six to twelve. Evaluations have a defined scope and a clear end.
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I find that structure serves people better than open-ended work. There's a clear shape to what we're doing, and something concrete in your hands when we're done.
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I work quickly when fast is what's needed. IQ testing is a single session, with a report in two business days. I work slowly when slow is what it takes. Some patterns take a while to see, and longer to shift.
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I see child testing clients in person at my office in Lower Queen Anne. Everything else happens on Zoom.
