I am a licensed mental health counselor. I provide individual and group therapy. I offer a free 15-minute phone consultation to discuss your reasons for seeking therapy at this time. This allows you an opportunity to decide whether or not you feel comfortable with me as a therapist and to determine if my skills are appropriate to meet your needs.

I offer both short and long term treatment. An average length for short-term treatment is 1 to 6 sessions. Longer treatment may extend from 6 months to 1 year, or more depending on the degree of change you seek. You and I will regularly assess your progress and will modify treatment accordingly.

A significant portion of my practice focuses on working with sexually abused men and sexually addicted men, both individually and in-group treatment. However, my practice is not limited to this area. I also treat sexually abused women, families and loved ones of people with sexual abuse histories, and adults whose problems do not include a history of sexual victimization. Other issues treated include:

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Survivors of car accidents and other physical trauma

• Healing from shameful experiences

Academic Degrees

• M.A. in Psychology, Antioch University, Seattle, WA.

• B.A. in Business Administration, University of WA., Seattle, WA.

Professional Experience

• Psychotherapist (private practice), Bellevue, WA.  Provides psychotherapy for adult men and women, including heterosexual, gay, lesbian and transgender individuals.  2000-present.

• Psychotherapist, Therapy Network for Sexual Abuse Survivors. Provides low-cost psychotherapy for adult low-income survivors of sexual abuse. 2003-present.

• Psychotherapist, Mental Health Access Project, Bellevue, WA. Provides low cost psychotherapy for clients with HIV/AIDS. 2001- present.

• Psychotherapist/Case Manager, Northwest Counseling Institute, Renton, WA. 2001-2005. Provided psychotherapy for individuals, families, couples, adolescents, children and groups.

• Psychotherapist, Alliance Community Psychotherapy Clinic, Bellevue, WA. Provided low-cost psychotherapy for low-income clients. 2001.

• Psychology Intern, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA. Psychology internship. Provided supervised psychotherapy to individuals, couples and groups in an outpatient setting. Trained in cognitive behavioral, short-term and solution focused therapies. 1999-2000.

• Phone Crisis Counselor, King County Crisis Clinic, Seattle, WA. Provided phone crisis counseling to high risk/suicidal individuals and others in crisis. 1996-1997.

Professional Presentations

• Panel participation discussion. Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work Quarterly Dinner Meeting, “Treating the Adult Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse." University of Washington School of Social Work, Seattle, WA, January 15, 2008.
• Screening of “Stories of Silence: Recovering from Boyhood Sexual Abuse.” Panel participation discussion of male sexual abuse. Shepherd’s Counseling Services, Seattle, WA, October 16th, 2007.
• Screening of movie “Locked.” Panel participation discussion of adult survivors of sexual abuse. Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, June 18th, 2007.
• MaleSurvivor: 10th International Conference, presenter, “Lessons learned: What to know when deciding to attend a MaleSurvivor retreat,” Minneapolis, MN. September 2003.

Professional Affiliations

• American Group Psychotherapy Association - clinical member. 2007-present.

• Puget Sound Group Psychotherapy Network - clinical member. 2006-present.

• EMDRIA-EMDR International Association, EMDR certified clinician, clinical member. 2005-2007.

• Therapy Network for Sexual Abuse Survivors (providing low cost psychotherapy for adult male and female sexual abuse survivors) - pro-bono therapist, 2003-present.

• Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health - clinical member. 2000-present.

• Washington Mental Health Counselors’ Association - clinical member.  2000-present.

• Malesurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization - clinical member. 1997-present.

Administrative/Organizational Experience

• Therapy Network for Sexual Abuse Survivors (part of the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress), Seattle, WA. Steering committee. 2006-present.
• MaleSurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization. Weekends of Recovery, Retreat Facilitator. 2002-2005.
• MaleSurvivor: National Organization against Male Sexual Victimization. Board of Directors/Membership Chair. 2001.
• Seattle Counselors' Association. Vice-president and Outreach Chair. 2000-2001.

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