Individual
Therapy

​I have experience working with people who have the following diagnoses:

• Anxiety (including Social Anxiety Disorder)

• Attachment Disorders

• Autism Spectrum (high functioning only: formerly called Asperger's Syndrome)

• Bipolar

• Delusional Disorders (including Schizophrenia)

• Depression

• Dissociative Disorders

• Existential Angst (which mimics Depression, but calls for different treatment)

• Gender Dysphoria

• Paraphilic Disorders (Kink--when kink becomes maladaptive)

• Somatic Symptoms

• Trauma Disorders (including PTSD, Complex PTSD, and Minority Stress Syndrome)

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Therapeutic approaches:

• Somatic Experiencing (SE) Therapy:  I am one of 32 SE-trained therapists listed in Washington State and one of the few in Olympia (2021 numbers).  I infuse body-based work in most of my sessions.  For more about, SE click here.  

• Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS):  I am mentoring under one of the early senior trainers in the IFS movement.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):  This approach works with the more rational parts of the brain and includes learning important information that is based on research.  CBT was a major focus of my Masters program.

• Solution-Focused Therapy:  Focuses on applying successful strategies from your past to your present situation.  Masters program. 

• Narrative Therapy:  Works directly with the more primitive parts of your brain to reduce pain of prior experiences.  Masters program.

• Exposure Therapy:  Works to overcome social anxiety and phobias.  Masters program.