I've practiced since 1985 as a psychotherapist in hospitals, clinics, and privately. Now in private practice exclusively, most of my current work is with individual adults. I also enjoy working with young adults and children over six years old. I've been studying Authentic Movement since 1994 and I am a former faculty member with Janet Adler's Circles of Four Post Graduate Program.

Credentials

LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Washington State.

BC-DMT - Board Certified Dance-Movement Therapist, American Dance Therapy Association.

CMA - Certified Laban Movement Analyst, Laban-Bartenieff Institute of                    Movement Studies, NYC.

Teacher - Discipline of Authentic Movement / former Faculty with Circles of Four      Postgraduate Training Program.

Certified Leader - International Network for the Dances of Universal Peace.

Jungian Psychotherapy Training for Professionals - North Pacifica Institute for Analytical Psychology, WA.

Authentic Movement - Janet Adler, Tina Stromsted, Joan Chodorow, and The Authentic Movement Institute, CA.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Intensively trained with Marsha Linehan and Behavioral Tech., LLC., WA.

Spiritual Dance and Walk - The International Network for the Dances of Universal Peace.

Body-Centered Transformation - Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks, The Hendricks' Institute, CA

Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals - The Laban-Bartenieff Institute, NYC and Integrated Movement Studies, CA.

Dance-Movement Therapy for the Higher Functioning Client: The Methods of Blanch Evan - Life is Movement: Dance-Movement Therapy Institute for the Methods of Blanche Evan.

Certificate in Somatic Embodiment and Regulation Stratagies - Linda Thai, Collectively Rooted.

Professional Experience

Affiliations

American Dance Therapy Association

Laban-Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies

Seattle Jungian Psychotherapists Association

International Expressive Arts Therapy Association

International Network for the Dances of Universal Peace

Sacred Dance Guild

The work I do is inseparable from who I am.

I began dancing at a young age, and have always experienced a deep connection to life, the sacred, and to human emotion through the physical body, movement, art, music, and the natural world. Through my early life experiences, I came to know that body and psyche are inseparable, and that when this connection is remembered and worked with consciously, a powerhouse of dynamic healing energy is released.

In graduate school I discovered dance-movement therapy, expressive art, somatic inquiry, Authentic Movement, and the work of C. G. Jung--all of which drew me further into the fascinating depths of embodied psyche. I have been a life-long student of C. G. Jung's work and the body-psyche connection. I am currently engaged in researching the use of embodied methods in depth psychology.

I feel fortunate to be doing work that I love. My life wounds have evolved into gifts, becoming essential tools in my journey. I'm grateful for the learning I've received from patients, teachers, colleagues, and friends I have met along the way.