Admitting that you may need help and being willing to be vulnerable is the first step to healing, I am proud of each and every person that initially walks into the therapy space. I have a strong passion for walking alongside those in reaching their goals. I have 5+ years of different forms of coaching others in aligning with their values, reaching their goals and seeing them thrive. 
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I strongly value the individual person and their unique strength, qualities, and values that make up who they are and set them apart. I believe in empowering the person to empower themselves so that they can be confident in their directed behaviors, feelings and thoughts. I believe that each person holds an invaluable amount of worth and deserves to be seen, heard and loved. My three core values that direct every aspect of my life are: joy, strength and resilience and I am passionate about others finding their foundational values in life.
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With my specialization in eating disorder recovery I am passionate about walking alongside those struggling with distressing thoughts, feelings and behaviors surrounding food and themselves. I believe that no one has to be “sick enough” to seek out care for their disordered relationship with food. I recognize that Anorexia Nervosa has the highest mortality rate out of any mental illness and strive to create a comprehensive care team for each client struggling, if needed. I go off of the 5 R’s of Recovery: Rest, Refeeding, Reprogramming, Restoring and Rediscovery. 
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I also work with those struggling with depression, anxiety, mood disorders, relationship difficulties, building on self confidence, and defining life values. I offer and have experience in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Strength Based Therapy and Family Based Therapy. 
For those who desire, I also offer faith based therapy with an inclusion of the spiritual component of the holistic person. With providing faith based care I emphasize a psycho-social-spiritual collective of the individual and see these three aspects as a three legged stool, if one is not working the entire stool will be impacted.
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I have my bachelors in Social Work and Psychology, I then went onto getting my Masters in Clinical Social Work. I received all of my post-secondary education from Dordt University in Iowa. I grew up in British Columbia, went to school in the midwest and met my husband. We lived in South Dakota for 3 years after graduating college and I am very excited to be back in the PNW. We are an avid outdoors couple and outside the professional space we are always exploring, hiking, running and enjoying the beauty of Creation!