I’ve been in Spokane since 2002, but I grew up in Texas. If I’m not at work, I am probably in my car, driving my two children (and dog, Charlie) to lessons, rehearsals, or the barn. I love to hike, and I’m slowly stringing together segments of the Pacific Crest Trail.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Washington, LF00001864.

In 2001, I completed the Virginia Tech Marriage and Family Therapy PhD program, which is the oldest MFT doctoral program in the nation.

Prior to Virginia Tech, I attended Northeast Louisiana University (now University of Louisiana, Monroe), where I completed a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy in 1995.

Additional ongoing and completed training

AEDP Essential Skills January/May 2019

AEDP Immersion October 2018

Emotionally Focused Therapy Core Skills 2015/2016

Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship 2014

Multiple other workshops for focused circumstances

Two Roads to Resolving Trauma, Robert Neborsky, 2020

Attachment and Trauma Mastery, Diane Poole Heller, 2018

Stage One EFT Cafe, Kathryn Rheem and Jen Olden, 2018

EFT with Highly Reactive Couples, Jim Thomas and George Faller, 2017

Gaining Traction in Stage One Work, Jim Thomas, 2017

Trauma, Addiction, and Attachment, Jim Thomas, 2017