Therapy for when life looks fine,
but something feels off

Depth-oriented, relational therapy for
high-functioning people seeking clarity, connection, and meaningful change.

Many people come to therapy not because they are in crisis, but because they feel a quiet sense of tension, disconnection, or dissatisfaction they cannot explain away. Therapy with me becomes a space to slow down, understand what is happening beneath the surface, and begin relating to yourself and your life in a more honest and grounded way.

Functioning well is not the same
as feeling well.

Many people who seek therapy are not in obvious distress. They are capable, responsible, and often successful by most external measures. And yet, something feels unsettled beneath the surface. Anxiety lingers without a clear cause. Relationships feel strained or confusing. Achievement no longer brings the sense of relief or fulfillment it once did.

Therapy offers a space to pause and listen to what these internal signals are communicating. Rather than pushing through or fixing symptoms, this work invites curiosity about the deeper patterns, relational experiences, and nervous system responses shaping how you move through life. Often, what feels like a problem is actually an adaptive response that once made sense and now deserves understanding and care.

You may find yourself here if…

Life looks stable on the outside, but your internal experience feels far more complex.

This work is often a fit for people who have learned how to function well, adapt quickly, and meet expectations, sometimes from a very young age. You may be thoughtful, self-aware, and capable, yet feel frustrated that insight alone has not led to meaningful change. Many clients hold themselves to high standards while feeling chronically anxious or tense, often carrying a sense of responsibility for keeping things together even when it comes at an emotional cost.

At some point, something may begin to feel off. There can be a quiet grief, a sense of stagnation, or an ongoing feeling of being out of sync with yourself, even when life appears stable from the outside. Therapy becomes a place to slow down, explore these experiences with honesty and compassion, and begin understanding what your inner world has been trying to communicate.

Patterns that often bring people into therapy

These experiences are rarely isolated. They tend to overlap, reinforce one another, and make sense in context. Therapy offers a space to understand these patterns with compassion rather than judgment.

Narcissistic Abuse & Recovery frequently involve long-standing self-doubt, hypervigilance, or confusion about your own perceptions. Many clients come in questioning themselves rather than the dynamics they were navigating, especially when they learned to prioritize someone else’s needs at their own expense. Relational Trauma often emerges from relationships where emotional needs were inconsistent, minimized, or unsafe to express. This can shape how you relate to others, how you trust yourself, and how you manage closeness and conflict. Feeling stuck, disconnected, or unfulfilled is common when old strategies no longer work, but new ways of being have not yet taken shape. This can feel like stagnation, emptiness, or a quiet grief that is difficult to explain. Anxiety beneath high functioning often reflects a nervous system that has learned to stay alert, productive, or controlled in order to cope. While this can lead to success and competence, it can also result in chronic tension, restlessness, or emotional disconnection.

Relational Trauma often emerges from relationships where emotional needs were inconsistent, minimized, or unsafe to express. This can shape how you relate to others, how you trust yourself, and how you manage closeness and conflict. Narcissistic Abuse & Recovery frequently involve long-standing self-doubt, hypervigilance, or confusion about your own perceptions. Many clients come in questioning themselves rather than the dynamics they were navigating, especially when they learned to prioritize someone else’s needs at their own expense. Anxiety beneath high functioning frequently involve long-standing self-doubt, hypervigilance, or confusion about your own perceptions. Many clients come in questioning themselves rather than the dynamics they were navigating, especially when they learned to prioritize someone else’s needs at their own expense. Feeling stuck, disconnected, or unfulfilled is common when old strategies no longer work, but new ways of being have not yet taken shape. This can feel like stagnation, emptiness, or a quiet grief that is difficult to explain.

What to expect from our therapy sessions

A paced, relational approach that values insight, presence, and lived experience.

Therapy with me is collaborative and experiential. While we talk and reflect, we will pay attention to what is happening in your body in the moment. This helps move beyond insight and into meaningful, lived change.

The process is paced by curiosity. We take time to explore what emerges, connecting understanding with felt experience in a way that feels supportive and grounded. Sessions adapt to you, sometimes feeling reflective and spacious, and at other times gently challenging as we build capacity for awareness, compassion, and new ways of relating.

This work is not about fixing or forcing change. It is about understanding what has shaped you and creating the conditions for greater clarity, ease, and self-trust over time.

An integrative approach,
shaped around you

Drawing from evidence-based frameworks while staying responsive to your
unique experience.

My work is integrative, meaning I draw from several therapeutic approaches and tailor them to each client rather than applying a one-size-fits-all method. The foundation of the work is relational, experiential, and paced with care.

Internal Family Systems I am primarily influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS), which helps us understand the different parts of you that have developed to cope, protect, and survive. This approach supports self-compassion and clarity by recognizing that even difficult patterns once served an important purpose. Attachment Informed My work is also attachment-informed, paying close attention to how early and ongoing relationships shape emotional safety, self-trust, and connection with others. For many clients, simply understanding these relational patterns can bring significant relief and insight. Somatic and Experiential Practices I often integrate somatic and experiential practices, gently inviting awareness of the body and nervous system. This helps translate insight into felt experience and supports regulation, presence, and integration. Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology My approach is informed by mindfulness and Buddhist psychology, offering a grounded framework for understanding suffering, impermanence, and self-compassion without imposing spiritual beliefs. These principles support a more spacious and honest relationship with inner experience.

Internal Family Systems I am primarily influenced by Internal Family Systems (IFS), which helps us understand the different parts of you that have developed to cope, protect, and survive. This approach supports self-compassion and clarity by recognizing that even difficult patterns once served an important purpose.
 Attachment Informed My work is also attachment-informed, paying close attention to how early and ongoing relationships shape emotional safety, self-trust, and connection with others. For many clients, simply understanding these relational patterns can bring significant relief and insight.
 Somatic and Experiential Practices I often integrate somatic and experiential practices, gently inviting awareness of the body and nervous system. This helps translate insight into felt experience and supports regulation, presence, and integration.
 Mindfulness and Buddhist Psychology My approach is informed by mindfulness and Buddhist psychology, offering a grounded framework for understanding suffering, impermanence, and self-compassion without imposing spiritual beliefs. These principles support a more spacious and honest relationship with inner experience.

Frequently Asked Questions

The first step to beginning therapy is filling out the Contact Form. After that I will email you to schedule a free 15 minute consultation call to ensure we are a good fit for each other.

The free consultation conversation gives us a chance to talk briefly about what brings you to therapy and what you are hoping for. This conversation helps us determine whether working together feels like a good fit. Therapy works best when there is alignment, and the consultation is a space for mutual consideration rather than commitment.

I value your time and the work that we do together. My 50-minute session rate is $215/hour for individuals, and $250/hour for couples or family sessions. Please review my Investment & Fees page for additional details.

When you enter into therapy with me, I commit to you. I ask you to be equally invested. When you work with me, you are one of a handful of other clients who will get my knowledge, advice, experience & guidance. I have chosen to limit my caseload to provide a better service to the clients I meet with.

As a client, you are not simply paying for the time we meet together but also the behind-the-scenes work that I do, including training, research, treatment goals & seeking ongoing clinical consultation to serve you better.

I am an out-of-network provider, and I do not accept insurance. This means that we can work to develop a plan that works for you in your time and go at your pace without the regulations and restrictions of insurance. I can provide a statement for your insurance company if you are looking for out-of-network benefits.

I value your time and the work that we do together. Please review my Investment & Fees page for current session fee rates.

If you have schedule a session with me, then that time will be exclusively yours. If you must cancel an appointment, please do so at least 36 hours prior to your scheduled appointment. Clients who miss appointments without canceling 36 hours in advance will be charged the full session fee. Since I am a solo practitioner, 36 hours is necessary in order to reschedule your cancelled session time for someone else that may be in need of a session.

Yes, I offer telehealth (online) therapy in the state of Washington, where I am licensed as a MSW and LICSW. You must be located within the state of Washington during sessions and a resident of the state of Washington for us to establish a therapeutic relationship under my license.

There are many benefits to telehealth, including the comfort of being in your own space, not having to commute, and you are able to access therapy services even if you are not in proximity of my in-person office.

My in-person sessions take place in my office, located in Gig Harbor, Washington. You can see my office information here, on the contact page.

You don’t have to have all the answers to begin. Therapy is often an exploration of your inner world and the situations that arise may not be obvious from the first session. We approach therapy together, at your pace, and explore what is important to you.

Clients choose usually choose to meet weekly or bi-weekly to start. After progress has been made in therapy, some clients choose to meet on a monthly basis after establishing a baseline of progress through weekly or bi-weekly sessions.

As a solo practitioner, my practice does not support those who need after-hours care or crisis services. I will not be a good fit for you if you need this level of care. If you are in crisis, please go to your local emergency room, call 911, or call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988.

If you are in a mental health crisis, you may require immediate medical intervention and should seek emergency services, as well as the use of your health insurance for in-patient or emergency mental health services.

I am a private pay provider, and do not panel with insurance. I cannot guarantee your insurance has any out-of-network benefits. If your insurance does offer out-of-network benefits, here are some helpful questions to ask your insurance benefits team:

  • Do I have a mental or behavioral health policy with out-of-network benefits?
  • What is the coverage amount per therapy session?
  • How much does my insurance pay for an out-of-network provider?
  • Check reimbursement for CPT codes 90791, 90837, 90846 and 90847
  • Do I have an out-of-network deductible?
  • How much of my out-of-network deductible has been met?
  • What is the start date of the calendar year based on my out-of-network policy?
  • What is my patient responsibility (CoPay) for each session?

Schedule Your
Free Consultation

Therapy is built on a personal therapeutic relationship. Let’s chat to see if we are a good fit for each other. Please schedule your free consult here.

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