I have been a practicing clinician for nearly twenty years, and work with both adults as well as very young children around issues of trauma, attachment, loss and meaning.

I am adjunct faculty in the ATTACh-recognized post-graduate Attachment Therapy Certificate Program through Cascadia Training, and sit on the Advisory Board for the University of Washington's post-graduate Psychological Trauma Certificate Program. I teach regularly at adoption agencies and child welfare divisions, as a field and classroom instructor at the University of Washington School of Social Work, and train professionals of varied disciplines at national conferences including the Child Welfare League of America and the Division of Early Childhood. I created the CHERISH Infant Mental Health Program now utilized throughout King County’s neurodevelopmental centers to serve our littlest foster children. I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Policy from Duke University and a Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Washington. I am a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, a Children's Mental Health specialist and have a post-graduate certification in Adoption and Foster Care Therapy.