About Me

I’ve been a licensed counselor since 2000 and have run a private practice in Bend since 2006.

My foundation is in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, developed by Daniel Hughes, PhD—a model built to support families with children facing severe attachment challenges. For three years, I worked intensively in residential settings under Dr. Hughes’s direct supervision, applying this experiential, attachment-centered approach to help children build new relational templates. That experience continues to shape everything I do.

Over time, my practice has grown to incorporate mindfulness, somatic awareness, and EMDR. I believe connection is a core human need, and much of my work focuses on helping people identify the protective patterns they developed to survive relationship and guide them toward safety, vulnerability, and thriving in connection.

After the sudden death of my partner in early 2024, my work took a new direction. Grief opened the door more widely to movement and group-based healing, and I began training in psychedelic-assisted therapy, specifically with ketamine and psilocybin. These modalities have been deeply healing for me, and I now integrate them into my work with the intention of helping others navigate profound transformation.

Today, I continue to offer individual and couples therapy—online and in-person—alongside group work rooted in movement and emerging psychedelic practices.  I completed a 10 month training with Integrative Psychiatric Institute in Boulder Colorado and am a licensed psilocybin facilitator with the 

State of Oregon (license #FL-3b45d6f5).

More information about my movement/dance practice (both drop in gatherings and therapeutic groups) can be found at:  https://soulinmotionbend.com/