In Session

How we work together

James' photo of Lake Union from Gasworks at sunset.

Therapy is a chance to view your life in new ways. It’s where we can collaborate to make sense of past meaningful experiences, explore what your emotions are truly saying, and bring curiosity into some of life’s biggest questions.

Therapy is not a place of shoulds. It's where you can be “you.” It’s where growth, healing, and change are possible, as we work to understand reality, not control it.

When we greet life from a place of understanding and intention, we can live in accordance with our values, and choose how we want to react to whatever life throws at us. Sometimes therapy can feel cathartic and inspiring, other times emotional and challenging. Though it may not always be easy, we will always move towards what matters to you most.

Understanding Patterns

Therapy is not about living in the past. It’s about making sense of it. After all, our pasts are where we first learned how to be in the world. Where we learned how to be with others and solve conflict. It’s where we learned who we are as a person. And if we want to live with intentionality, lessons from our past can become our best teacher.

Therapy is a chance to honor your past. Not skip over it. To validate your life’s experiences. Not make them invisible. It’s a place to say that what you’ve been through matters. And though we may not be able to change the past, we can continue to grow from the wisdom it provides us, heal from the wounds that never got a chance to heal, and change the patterns we’ve carried that no longer serve us. When you think of where you want to go next in life, remembering where you’ve been is a natural first step.

For those interested in learning more about my specific orientations, here is a list of what I draw from, learned in trainings, and/or from my education: