Education:
- Master of Arts in Psychology: Child, Couple, and Family Therapy -- Antioch University Seattle WA
- Completed first year of Law School -- Seattle University School of Law, Tacoma, WA
- B.A. in English, with distinction -- University of Washington Seattle, WA
Training:
- 2009 - Stopping the Pain: Suicide and Self-Mutilation, Jack Klott -- Seattle, WA.
- 2008 - Camp Willie, Grief and Loss -- Everett, WA.
- 2008 - Trauma, PTSD, and Traumatic Grief: Practical Assessments and Interventions -- Portland, OR.
- 2007 - Trauma Workshop, Linda Curran -- Tacoma, WA.
- 2007 - National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference -- Portland, OR.
- 2007 - Subtle Energy Perception -- Olympia, WA
- 2007 - Motivational Interviewing: Overcoming Client Resistance to Change -- Renton, WA.
- 2006 - Advanced Narrative Therapy Questioning, with co-founder David Epston -- Seattle, WA.
- 2006 - Annual Conference of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama -- San Francisco, CA.
- 2006 - Five Day Residential Trainings in Psychodrama, John Mosher and Georgia Riggs -- Bow, WA.
- 2005 - National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference -- St.Louis, MI.
- 1999 and 2000 - Healing through Personal Story, Erica Helm-Meade -- Seattle, WA.
- 1997 - CASA Training -- Tacoma, WA.
- 1997 - Diversity Training -- Tacoma, WA.
- 1996 - Body and Soul Conference -- Seattle, WA.
- 1994 - Identifying Cases of Child Abuse -- Seattle, WA.
- 1995 - The Unspoken Plea (Sexual Abuse Training) -- Seattle, WA.
- 1994 - Child Abuse Protocol for Pierce County - Tacoma, WA.
- 1994 - Greater Puget Sound Domestic Violence Conference - Burien, WA.