Internal Family Systems (IFS)
We get to know the parts of you — the protector, the worrier, the one that pushes hard — with curiosity instead of judgment.
Approach
Warm, steady, and grounded in what works.
A blended, evidence-based approach drawing on IFS, narrative therapy, and the Gottman Method — shaped to fit the person or partnership in front of me.
Narrative therapy
We unpack the older stories you've absorbed about who you are, and make room for ones that fit who you're becoming.
Gottman Method
Decades of research, translated into practical skills: starting hard conversations, repairing after a rupture, and staying real friends.
Family systems
We look honestly at the relational worlds you live inside — family, partnership, work — and how they shape what you feel.
Trauma-informed
Paced and body-aware. Your nervous system sets the speed; we don't go faster than is useful or safe.
Faith-integrated (optional)
Christian frameworks integrated only when they're meaningful to you — never assumed, never imposed, always client-led.
Logistics
- • 50-minute individual sessions · 60-minute couples sessions
- • Weekly to start, with flexibility as we go
- • In-person at Inner Canvas, Issaquah
- • Telehealth across all of Washington State
- • Free 15-minute consultation before we begin
A typical first session
We take it at a comfortable pace. You share what's bringing you in, in your own words. I listen and ask questions that help us understand it together. From there, we sketch a direction: what we'll focus on, and how we'll know it's helping. Nothing has to be polished, and you don't need to know what to call it yet.
Whenever you're ready.
A free 15-minute call is the simplest first step — no pressure, no commitment, just a chance to see if we're a good fit.