As a child, I loved sitting beneath a vast cathedral of trees, watching the light filter through the leaves and scatter soft mosaics at my feet. In those quiet moments, something about the fleeting patterns of light invited me to linger in the space between certainty and mystery, between immateriality and embodiment. I learned then that beauty doesn’t need permanence. Life's richness lives in those transient moments, in the ambiguity that offers room for personal meaning and connection.
I don’t have all the answers, and honestly, I don’t think anyone does. For me, aliveness feels closely tied to the recognition that life cannot be contained, that the answers to its questions resist absolutes. I love exploration, the curiosity, the unending quest for understanding. What sustains me is the thought that every insight adds just a little more clarity to the grand photograph of what it means to be human, without ever completing it. Every question opens onto another, every discovery deepens the mystery. To hold the world as unfinished is not unsettling but liberating. The walls we build with answers can never compare to the wide, uncharted expanse of not knowing.
about sofia
I feel most alive when attuned to the emotional nuances, complexities and quiet intricacies of the human experience. There’s something deeply rich in the contradictions, tensions, and the spaces in between, the textures that come into focus when we stop trying to label or simplify. The way we can hold joy and sorrow in the same breath, clarity and confusion in the same moment. It’s these layers, these delicate intersections, that pulse with what it means to be human.
As a therapist, I carry this same spirit into my work. I believe healing and growth don’t come from tying everything up neatly but from allowing ourselves to sit with the unknown. Like the shifting light through the trees, it’s in those moments of reflection and curiosity, that the deeper truths begin to emerge. My role isn't to guide you to a fixed conclusion but to create space where you feel safe to explore your questions, your truths, and your own unique parts—layer by layer. I’m here to explore those things with you, where we can learn, unlearn, and grow together.
As a child, I loved sitting beneath a vast cathedral of trees, watching the light filter through the leaves and scatter soft mosaics at my feet.
We do not see things as they are,
\we see things as we are
- Anaïs Nin
RELIGIOUS TRAUMA SYNDROME (RTS)
CODEPENDENCY AND OTHER RELATIONAL ISSUES
GRIEF IN ITS MANY FORMS AND LOSS
DEPRESSION AND MEANINGLESSNESS
ANXIETY IN ITS MANY FORMS
human experiences dear to me
ALIVENESS AND ALIENATION
SENSITIVITY AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE PEOPLES (HSP)
LIFE TRANSITIONS
CREATIVITY AND CREATIVES
RELATIONAL TRAUMA
DEPERSONALIZATION AND DEREALIZATION
INTERCULTURAL FAMILIAL ISSUES
RACIALIZED TRAUMA AND MARGINALIZATION
AUTHORITARIAN INSTITUTIONS
My therapeutic practice is grounded in an existential-phenomenological perspective on human suffering, healing, and development. While these frameworks provide the foundation, my curiosity has guided me to explore other approaches oriented around existential-phenomenological principles, specifically Relational Gestalt Therapy and the work of philosopher and psychologist Eugene Gendlin on Focusing.
I also enjoy engaging with the arts, literature and academic works to inform my practice. I draw inspiration from thinkers such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Dylan Trigg, Gaston Bachelard, Heidegger, Levinas, Gadamer, Matthew Ratcliffe, Thomas Fuchs, Louis Sass, Elizabeth Pienkos, and Martin Buber.
therapeutic grounding
Psychology, Seattle University
BA Philosophy, University of British Columbia
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy,
International Focusing Institute
In addition, I regularly participate in short courses and workshops across a wide variety of topics in counseling and psychotherapy.
education and credentials
I am a full Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Washington. As such, alongside completing my graduate education, I have also completed more than 3,700 hours of direct clinical work under supervision, and over 160 hours of professional supervision.
My clinical practicum focused on supporting low-income adults with a history of intense trauma, substance abuse, homelessness, and medium to severe mental health diagnoses. I have several years of experience working as a crisis services responder and behavioral interventionist.
I have presented papers at academic conferences across both disciplines of Psychology and Philosophy. As an ode to the things I hold near and dear, my graduate project was on perceptual imagination (with a particular focus on its relation to fine arts immersion) and the role it plays in aliveness and integration with the world.
