Experience & Education

In our lives, relationships are a main priority, and they are an important focus of my work with people - relationships with others and with oneself. I began my career in psychology treating children & families, and I deeply appreciate how human beings attach & adapt to their primary relationships and the world around them. In and through these attachments, one’s sense of self develops as well as one’s unique ways of being and coping.

As a person in her later years, a parent, spouse, therapist’s therapist, and practitioner of meditation & yoga for 30 years, I draw upon my life and work experiences with hundreds of individuals, couples and families to support a person’s growth and restoration.

I have a Masters in Couple and Family Therapy. My educational interests & experiences give me a platform of expertise in relationship patterns, conflict resolution, lifespan development, intergenerational family dynamics, and grief work.  I am strongly influenced by the latest neuroscience findings, human attachment science, psychoanalytic theory, and sociocultural influences. In addition, I have extensive education in and draw heavily from psychodynamic therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT, Advanced clinician), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP, Level 3 clinician), Buddhist psychology, the DIR/Floortime® approach and systems theory, all of which emphasize the importance of emotional processing, attachment & relational development.

I have served as a board member on the Advisory Board for Counseling and Family Therapy at the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University. I am a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapists, the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy, the AEDP Institute, and the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation.

Credentialed

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), registered with the State of Colorado (CO licensure # 0001295).