I am a Licensed Professional Counselor working with adults. Most of my clients have a partner, spouse, or ex, a sibling or other family member who has a personality disorder. My clients are typically grappling with issues such as too much empathy, enabling and co-dependency behaviors. Usually this is learned in childhood but not always. They are most likely suffering from gaslighting and crazy-making manipulations from the disordered person. I help people understand these dynamics better, create clarity and over time, re-build their lives. Narcissistic abuse recovery is challenging work and oftentimes includes an undoing of brainwashing, not unlike a cult. It can be hard but it is doable. Co-parenting/parallel parenting, toxic or high conflict divorce are my specialties.
In my therapy practice, I sometimes pull from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
I earned a MA in Counseling Psychology from Lewis & Clark College. My counseling license is through the State of Oregon: Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists.