I have over 20 years experience working in a variety of mental health settings.  I received my bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Utah State University and went onto complete my Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of South Carolina.  

      I completed psychoanalytic training from the National Training Program at the National Institute of Psychotherapies (www.nipinst.org) located in NYC,  in December 2021. 

    I am affiliated and faculty with Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (NPSI) and Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (SPSI).  I am also affiliated with the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study (NWAPS)

    Periodically, I teach/speak for the University of Washington.  I have predominantly taught courses on clinical social work and the impact of trauma on personality structure.    

    My clinical work and writing are informed by my studies in art, classical observational drawing, drag/queer performance and religion.  

    I am licensed in Washington state as an (LICSW) LicensedIndependent Clinical Social Worker (#LW 60233674). I am licensed in New York State as an (LCSW) Licensed Clinical Social Worker (#094917).

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Clinical Affiliations: 

International Psychoanalytic Association

International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

National Institute of Psychotherapies

Clinical Social Work Association

Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study

National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis

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