We know ourselves only as far as we’ve been tested.
I tell you this from my unknown heart.
Wisława Szymborska
I am a
Therapist
For over thirty years I’ve counseled individuals, couples, and families with big, complicated challenges. I have steady nerves, clear vision, unrelenting optimism that people can grow through their worst crises, and heart.
I am a
Teacher
My passion for helping, counseling, and social work is so great, I teach others about it. After teaching graduate students for seventeen years, I now offer continuing education to professionals in non-profit, mental health, and other healthcare settings, training on trauma-informed care, supervision practices, and the ethics of helping.
Strong @ the
Broken Places
Ernest Hemingway said, “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places.” I have a career-long passion for helping people in the helping professions explore the impact of workplace overwhelm, the cumulative, transformative impact of working with people facing extreme adversities, and ways to expand professional insight and resilience.
Upcoming
Continuing Education
An “Hour of the Heart” in an Era of Chaos: Clinical Strategies
October 30 and November 6 and 13, 9:00 to 10:30 am PST
WEBINAR
In this three-session reading group we will read, reflect, and discuss Hour of the Heart, distilling lessons we can apply to our clinical work. We will use these discussions as a springboard for grappling with our own evolving professional identities. How do we use self-disclosure strategically? What is authenticity? How do we tap the power of the here-and-now? Can clients ask us personal questions?
Participants meet on Fridays (10/30, 11/6 and 11/13, 9:00 – 10:30 am PST). We will read chapters 1 – 7 before 10/30; chapters 8 – 15 before 11/6; and chapters 16-22 before 11/13. Participants receive some CEU credit for reading.
6 CEUs
Mindful Supervision: Advanced Applications
Every third Friday beginning September 18, 2026
9:00 – 10:30 am PST
WEBINAR
This webinar series will emphasize social collaborative learning and collegial community-building. Participants will bring material related to their work with supervisees to the webinar for creative problem-solving with colleagues, using a trauma-informed model of consultation. The model maximizes effective use of whole-body wisdom, including accurate attunement, in responding to challenging supervisory scenarios.
The workshop also introduces a structured model for clinical case consultation that integrates mindful practices
6 CEUs