About Me

As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, I have provided medication management and psychotherapy for more than forty years. I hold a Master’s Degree from Seattle University in Existential-Phenomenological Psychology. I believe in depth psychology and the fact that our own mortality is an eventuality we may choose to dread, or use as inspiration to appreciate the precious brevity of our time here. My goal is to help my patients in the way that works best for them. Every person is an individual, and I strive to differentiate to the most reasonable possible degree in my psychotherapeutic practice.

At this time, our practice, Roselight LLC, only treats patients virtually, however we are pursuing office space for those patients who prefer to be seen in-person.

I treat adolescents and adults, and I have particular expertise with first episode Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder.

Education and credentials

I began my nursing career at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff in the 1970s. After graduation, I gained experience in several specialty nursing units, including dialysis and NICU.

In 1990, I completed the Seattle University Master of Arts in Existential Phenomenological Psychology. Their individual approach to psychotherapy has driven my personal philosophy ever since. I have been licensed as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in the State of Washington since 1992.

The title of Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (also called Clinicial Nurse Specialist, or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in certain localities) permits me to do the same work as a psychiatrist with a medical doctorate, although I do not hold a doctorate. I prescribe medication within my scope of practice, i.e., psychiatric medicine like antidepressants and ADHD treatments and work independent of outside supervision. I have found in my own experience and with my colleagues, that long experience as a registered nurse was immensely beneficial in helping me work with patients in a compassionate, highly competent, and unfailingly ethical manner.

While I've spent decades so far working to help patients and learn more about the nuances of everyday life, I still try to remember how little any one of us can know. Honest dialogue and communication are the foundation of successful therapy.