Education & Experience

  • I hold a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, both from Portland State University.

    • Somatic Trauma Therapy with Dr. Abi Blakeslee

    • Palestinian Liberation: Lessons in Solidarity for Mental Health Providers, with Vivian Abouallol, Gina Ali, Roula Hajjar, Melody Li, Christine Schmidt, and Lara Sheehi

    • Trauma Healing Through the Senses, with Bessel van der Kolk

    • EMDR & Parts Work for Treating Complex Trauma: Somatic Techniques to Facilitate Trauma Processing, with Arielle Schwartz

    • Anti-Carceral Approaches to Suicide, with Xochi Cartland & Stefanie Lyn Kaufman-Mthimkhulu

    • Treating Trauma, with Bessel van der Kolk and Pat Ogden

    • Interrupting Oppression, with Kenya Budd

    • Compassion Fatigue, with Catherine Nyhan

    • Private Practice: October 2023 - present

    • Community Counseling Clinic: September 2021 - June 2023

    • Dougy Center: April 2019 - March 2020

    • Research assistant at the DASH (Diversity, Allies, Stereotypes & Health) Lab with Dr. Larry Martinez

    • Researcher and curriculum contributor for Dr. Larry Martinez’s Paranormal Psychology course

    • Teaching assistant for Dr. Larry Martinez’s Human Sexuality course

    • Trans Oral History Project Transcriber, New York Public Library