Hi, I’m Renee!

Finding a therapist can be such a daunting, overwhelming process! As someone who has had experience searching for a therapist of my own, one thing that helped me was learning more about who they were. So in an effort to offer that to you, I’ll share a bit about me. I was born and raised Colorado, moved to Seattle for graduate school and now call this place home.

What initially drew me to pursue my graduate degree in social work was a desire to build a career that was aligned with my values of justice, equity and liberation. What drew me to being a therapist was realizing the transformative power of participating in therapy as a client and wanting to share that with others. I view the continuation of my own healing and growing journey as integral to living the life I want and to sustaining my capacity to continue this work.

A few identities I hold are queer/bisexual, non-binary femme (my pronouns are she/they), neurodivergent, and mixed race with Japanese and white ancestry. Navigating situations where I am privileged, marginalized and/or somewhere in between at various points in my life has forced me to grapple with ambiguity and complex power dynamics. I believe these lived experience enrich my ability to hold complexity, contradiction, to challenge binary thinking and find peace in holding multiple truths simultaneously. 

I do my best to be authentic when working with clients because I believe when we allow ourselves to be who we are, this invites others to do the same. I invite the folks I work with to bring whole self into sessions as well!

Outside of work, I find joy in being creative, taking walks in nature, karaoke nights, reading, playing boardgames, pulling tarot cards, cuddling with my dog Tato-Tot, and hanging out with friends and family.