My Story

I have worked in the social work field for many years. What began as working with adaptive kids teaching swim lessons eventually transformed into time working at residential treatment centers, for multiple city organizations with children and youth, and for several non-profits addressing houselessness, neurodivergence, and behavioral needs. After spending time working with young adults during COVID, I realized that I needed to go back to school if I wanted to continue growing in the social work field. After my first term I realized I wanted to be a therapist which led to me where I am now.

In 2022, I graduated from Shoreline Community College with a degree in Pre-Social Sciences, and in 2025, I graduated from the University of Washington- Seattle campus with my Bachelor of Social Welfare. I am now a graduate student at the University of Washington- Seattle campus where I am completing my Master of Social Work. I will be graduating with my masters degree in June of 2026.

As a trauma survivor, I want to help other men work towards healing from trauma also. It is because of this that I have a dream of working with male survivors of abuse. While men are not my only sought after clients, I am open to all clients regardless of gender, race, age, and sexuality, I hold a soft spot in my heart for helping other men navigate when it means to heal from trauma. Since I am in the beginning stages of learning how to be a therapist, I will be focusing on clients with primary diagnoses along the lines of depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder (which means someone is just going through a rough patch in life) to begin. In time, I will eventually broaden my client load to be more centered around clients healing from trauma. While I am still learning different modalities, some of my current favorites include attachment theory, mindfulness, and DBT. I am currently learning how to integrate ACT into my therapeutic practice and am excited for the benefit this will bring to my future clients.

Going through therapy can be an awkward experience especially at the beginning. While the experience can be uncomfortable to start, going through the process of finding support and healing and partaking in therapy becomes enlightening and enriching. My goal as a therapist is to partner with my clients in having the life that they dream of for themselves. Anyone and everyone who is willing to work towards it can have a life that they are proud of. There is no one who is too far lost. If you’re here reading this, you’ve already taken the first step in recognizing that you could use a safe space to talk about whatever is going on in your life. I feel that getting to be a part of your healing journey is both a sacred experience as much as it is privileged. I am honored to be trusted with someone’s choice to share their life experience with me. My goal as a therapist is to be someone who holds understanding, compassion, and openness towards supporting you and your healing goals. Maybe you already know who it is that you want to be or maybe you’re at the beginning stages of recognizing that you could use someone partnering with you so that you can ease some of the hardship that you’re going through. Regardless of where you’re at in your journey, I am excited to support you on your pathway to becoming.