About Me

I have over 20 years experience working with children, adults, families and groups in a variety of clinical settings, including child and family services agencies and family court. I have post-graduate training in psychoanalysis, treatment of psychological trauma, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and mentalization based treatment (MBT). I am part of the faculty of the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, where I trained as a psychoanalyst.

My initial training as a mediator occurred during my ten years with Family Court Services. Since that time, I have completed further mediation training at the University of Washington and I traveled to Australia to train with Jennifer McIntosh, Ph.D. in child informed mediation.