About me. Hetero, cis woman (she/her pronouns). I grew up in Idaho within a bicultural family of Basque descent and had the opportunity to live, study and work in the Basque Country during two separate years. I have a B.A. in English from Lewis and Clark College and a Masters in Social Work from Portland State University, and I began my career as a classroom teacher and university study abroad program administrator. Since entering the mental health field more than two decades ago, I have worked as a therapist on community mental health, primary care, and Intensive Outpatient Program teams, and I now manage my own private practice. I am a passionate advocate for mental health parity within the healthcare industry. I believe that every trauma survivor in need of mental health services should have access to high quality, trauma-focused therapies and that a healthcare system that prioritizes these brings healing to our local communities, country and world. In the words of poet Mark Nepo: “When we heal ourselves, we heal the world. For as the body is only as healthy as its individual cells, the world is only as healthy as its individual souls.” Like-minded colleagues and I developed The Complex Trauma Care Pathway (CTCP) as a step towards this social justice vision. The CTCP pilot yielded statistically significant improvements across a variety of complex trauma symptom domains and was Northwest Kaiser Permanente’s nominee for the national Voh's Quality Award in 2020. Following is a link to an article published in the peer-reviewed Permanente Journal that summarizes our clinical outcomes.