Background and Training

Credentials: 

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#T2473)

Education: 

  • Master of Arts in Marriage, Couple and Family Therapy from Lewis & Clark College

  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from University of California at Santa Barbara

Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): 

    • Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples Four Day Externship with
      Dr. Sharon Chatkupt-Lee, PsyD, Certified EFT Supervisor, Therapist, and EFT Trainer (28 hours)

        • Teaching Assistant Fall of 2021

    • Core Skills in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples with
      Dr. Sharon Chatkupt-Lee, PsyD, Certified EFT Supervisor, Therapist, and EFT Trainer (60 hours)

        • Teaching Assistant for 2021-2022

    • Unbroken Bonds: EFT and Relationship Betrayals with
      Dr. Lisa Palmer Olsen, PsyD, Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist and Dr. Jim Furrow, PhD, Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist (12 hours)

    • Integrating Sex and Sexuality in EFT Couples’ Work with
      Dr. Silvina Irwin, PhD, Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist, and Dr. Lisa Blum, PsyD, Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist (12 hours)

    • Emotionally Focused Family Therapy with Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT, Certified EFT Trainer (10 hours)

    • Context, Culture and Community: Conversations on Race, Culture, Gender, Sexuality and Power with Dr. Sharon Chatkupt-Lee, PsyD, Certified EFT Supervisor, Therapist, and EFT Trainer (7 hours)

    • Transforming Addiction Through EFT with Michael Barnett, LPC, Certified EFT Trainer and Supervisor
      (12 hours)

    • Beyond Core Skills Stage One with Sarah Ackerman, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor and Jamie Bachman, LCS, Certified EFT Supervisor (32 hours)

    • Beyond Core Skills Stage Two with Sarah Ackerman, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor and Jamie Bachman, LCS, Certified EFT Supervisor (32 hours)

    • Supervision with Dr. Sharon Chatkupt-Lee, PsyD, Certified EFT Supervisor, Therapist, and EFT Trainer from 2021 to 2023 (42 hours)

    • Ongoing:

        • Consultation with Haleigh Butler, LPCC, Certified EFT Supervisor and Therapist

Training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: 

    • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for Trauma Themes Level 1 with Dr. Kekuni Minton (96 hours)

Training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy:

    • Hakomi Institute of Oregon Two-Year Comprehensive Training with Hakomi of Oregon founder Jon Eisman and Jessica Montgomery, MSW, Certified Hakomi Trainer (380 hours)

        • Teaching Assistant for Two-Year Comprehensive Training
          with Hakomi of Oregon founder Jon Eisman and Jessica Montgomery, MSW, Certified Hakomi Trainer from 2019 to 2021

        • Teaching Assistant for the Hakomi Professional Skills Level 1
          with Deah Baird, ND, LPC, Certified Hakomi Trainer, Lorena Monda, DOM, LPCC, Certified Hakomi Trainer and Rick Cummings, LPC, Certified Hakomi Therapist from 2022 to 2023

        • (in progress) Teaching Assistant for the Hakomi Professional Skills Level 1
          with Deah Baird, ND, LPC, Certified Hakomi Trainer, Lorena Monda, DOM, LPCC, Certified Hakomi Trainer, and Rick Cummings, LPC, Certified Hakomi Therapist from from 2023 to 2025

    • The Re-Creation of the Self (R-CS) Professional Module
      with Hakomi of Oregon founder Jon Eisman (44 hours)

    • Advanced Training in Hakomi Therapy with Hakomi of Oregon founder Jon Eisman
      (48 hours)

    • Hakomi of California: From Trauma to Dharma Level 1 with Manuela Mischke-Reeds and Shai Lavie
      (12 hours)

    • Year-long internship at the META Counseling Clinic lead by Deah Baird, ND, LPC, Certified Hakomi Trainer, Stephen Keeley, LPC, Certified Hakomi Therapist and Anne-Marie Benjamin, LPC, Certified Hakomi Therapist (about 156 hours of supervision and 156 hours of inservice)

    • Power with Heart; Ethics with Wisdom with Dr. Cedar Barstow, D.P.I., Certified Hakomi Trainer (6 hours)

    • (in progress) Small Group Advanced Hakomi Skills Practice with various Certified Hakomi Trainers including Deah Baird, Donna Roy, Cedar Barstow, and Jessica Montgomery (about 67 hours)

    • Ongoing:

        • Consultation with Deah Baird, ND, LPC, Certified Hakomi Trainer

Training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT):

  • Although I love serving clients in my private practice, I also see clients at the Portland DBT Institute (PDBTI), which allows me to do something important to me: serve a wider range of clients, and clients who would be inappropriate to see in a private practice setting. DBT is a powerful mindfulness-based therapy that includes teaching life and relationship skills. My private practice is not focused on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, so I am not listing training I have attended in DBT here, but if you’re curious about this, please ask!