Allium Therapy Seattle
Beneath every layer is a deeper understanding of self
Offering individual and relationship therapy in West Seattle, and throughout Washington state.
Whatever has led you here, I’m glad you’ve arrived.
Being a human is profoundly complex. Our histories, cultural backgrounds, wounds, beliefs, adaptations, and unmet needs shape how we move through the world, often outside of our awareness. Therapy is a space to slow down and explore those layers with curiosity, openness, and compassion. Together, we work toward understanding not only what is happening on the surface, but also the deeper emotions and protective parts underneath.
Many people come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck in patterns they don’t fully understand, or carrying pain they’ve had to push aside simply to get through life. Healing is rarely about “fixing” who you are. More often, it involves understanding how your patterns developed, honoring the ways you learned to survive, and creating space for more authentic ways of relating, coping, and living.
ABOUT ME
My approach to therapy is highly relational and person centered. I am grounded in the belief that change happens in the context of safety, connection, and being deeply understood. This is where we begin—it is the foundation of our work together. From there, therapy becomes a collaborative process in which I walk alongside you as you move toward self actualization, trusting that you are the expert on your own life.
My work draws from attachment theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), existential therapy, mindfulness, and somatic approaches. In my experience, these frameworks offer pathways for clients to build insight, make sense of difficult experiences, and re-connect with themselves in more compassionate and authentic ways.
ABOUT MY
CLIENTS
You do not have to show up to therapy any particular way to work with me. You can come in messy, exhausted, overwhelmed, emotional, uncertain, or carrying things you don’t yet have words for. Therapy is not about performing wellness—it’s about creating space for what is real, and being open to what can unfold when we begin to tune in more deeply.
Many of the humans I work with are trying to make sense of themselves in the context of complex emotions, relationships, and life experiences that feel hard to untangle alone. Some are navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, or long standing patterns that feel difficult to shift, while others are in a place of transition or reflection and want support in understanding themselves more deeply and moving toward something more intentional and aligned with who they want to be.
CLINICAL AREAS OF FOCUS
RELIGIOUS TRAUMA
I work especially well with clients who are unpacking religious trauma or healing from systems that have shaped their sense of self through fear, shame, control, or rigid expectations. This work often involves grieving what was lost, questioning inherited beliefs, reclaiming agency, and learning how to trust your own inner voice again. It can also include making sense of lingering guilt, anxiety, or internal conflict that shows up even after leaving or distancing from those systems, and slowly building a sense of identity that is self directed.
body liberation
Many of my clients come to this work wanting to heal their relationship with their bodies and unlearn the messages that taught them their worth was tied to size, appearance, performance, or conformity. This process often includes gently untangling shame, self criticism, and comparison, and learning to approach the body with more curiosity, compassion, and care rather than control or judgment. Over time, this work can open the door to greater body trust, freedom, and a sense of worth that is not defined by arbitrary, external factors.
sex therapy
A core tenant of my work involves sexuality, sexual identity, intimacy, and relationships in all of their complexity. Often this is helping clients explore sexual orientation or identity, navigate desire discrepancy, process sexual trauma, understand kink dynamics, build communication in both traditional and non-traditional relationship structures, or making sense of intimacy, pleasure, and desire. As a sex positive therapist, I offer a space without judgment, pathologizing, or the pressure to fit into someone else’s definition of what relationships or sexuality “should” look like.