Being a person is hard. When you've spent your whole life in survival mode, living a life you love is even harder. When your soul feels like it is perpetually bleeding, it feels impossible to just be and enjoy your one short life. Emotional wounds from our past have a way of wreaking havoc on our lives and bodies in the present. It puts a deep
I seek to provide a non-judgmental, compassionate environment where clients feel comfortable sharing where they are at in life and what their concerns are. I encourage my clients to think of me as the "hired help." I have the skills and experiences to help but it's your job to decide where we go with therapy. You get to set the goals and then it's
My work is influenced by the thought of existentialist philosophers and psychologists who speak with compassion to a profound and uniquely human dilemma: we are both burdened with and ennobled by a quest for meaning in the face of suffering. Psychotherapy provides a safe and intimate space in which we might expand our capacity to bear suffering and
If there is one constant in life, it's change; a new child, a new job, a new relationship, marriage, or the loss of any of those. I enjoy helping people navigate uncertain times, helping them to find a way through, take a new tack, or tap into hidden strengths. Sometimes we can change the situation; sometimes we must change ourselves, tearing d
My therapy style in working with all people is grounded in humanistic and transpersonal psychology. I view individuals from a relationship perspective and hold the relationship between client and therapist as the central catalyst for personal change and transformation. I also incorporate other disciplines and modalities into my work such as: couple
I am the director of MacPherson Pacific Counseling Services, a dynamic new option in the treatment of chemical dependency, problem gambling, and sex addiction in the Seattle area. Your experience will be individualized and goal-focused. You will develop the tools to reclaim your life from addiction and compulsive behavior and begin to develop a pat
Are you in a relationship or going through a breakup that is causing stress in your life? Do you want to know once and for all if this relationship is worth investing in? You might even feel on edge or irritable and just wish you didn't feel so down or lonely. You might find yourself lying awake at night and dwelling. Sometimes we can think t
I consider therapy to be an alliance in which you and I work together to relieve unbearable aloneness, discover your strengths, encourage your innate strivings toward health and build new confidence in feeling and being in relationship. Every person has a need to be known and heard in an authentic, non-judgmental way. Every person has wisdom about
Now offering online sessions
You deserve to be happy.
Are you feeling depressed or anxious? Are you stuck in less than ideal relationships? Would you like greater self-acceptance, confidence, self-love? I want to work with you to bring out your strengths and eliminate what's blocking you from becoming your full, happy self.
I will lis
The majority of my practice is online right now but I am beginning to offer some in-person sessions in Seattle (U District office) on Wednesdays. Email is the best way to contact me.
I am an experienced psychologist with a background in community mental health and university counseling centers. My philosophy and approach to helping people inclu
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