My Interest in This Work Started Close to Home
Before this became my specialty, it was personal. Someone close to me identifies within the LGBTQ+ community and lives with both OCD and ADHD, and watching what they navigated — and how hard it was to find a provider who actually understood all of it at once — is what pulled me toward this work.
Why I Specialize the Way I Do
General therapy training covers a little of everything and a lot of nothing in particular. I wanted to go deep instead — into ERP for OCD, Lifespan Integration for trauma, and an affirming, informed approach to ADHD and LGBTQ+ identity. Clients shouldn't have to choose between a therapist who's genuinely skilled in the right method and one who gets who they are.
How I Work
We start with what's actually happening — the compulsion, the shutdown, the trauma response — not a generic intake checklist. From there, we use the specific tool built for that problem: exposure work for OCD, body-aware processing for trauma, executive-function strategy for ADHD. Being LGBTQ+ or neurodivergent is context I already hold, not something you need to introduce.
Credentials
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), licensed in Washington and Massachusetts
- Trained in ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)
- Certified Lifespan Integration Therapist
- ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider
- Practicing since 2017
I also offer individual and dyadic supervision and consultation for students, licensing candidates, and therapists in Washington and Massachusetts — see the Supervision page for details.
Outside of Sessions
When I'm not seeing clients, I'm almost always crocheting, knitting, or embroidering something — it's my favorite way to slow my own nervous system down.
What I Believe About Getting Better
“I don't think you need the ‘right’ amount of struggle to deserve specialized care, and I don't think being LGBTQ+ or neurodivergent should mean settling for a provider who's still learning the basics. I believe in matching real problems with the specific tools built for them — and in a therapy relationship where you never have to explain the fundamentals of who you are.”