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I joined the staff of Family Consultation Service in 2000. Before becoming a Marriage and Family Therapy Intern, I worked in youth/women's ministries and studied theology at Bethel Seminary San Diego. This academic and ministry background gives me the opportunity to understand how our spiritual lives are involved in everyday problems. For me, the combination of theology and therapeutic techniques is natural and exciting, allowing me to address both spiritual and emotional concerns with clients.

My focus in therapy is to help people look at how and why they might be stuck in relating and behaving patterns that lead to disconnection in their relationships. We then explore how they can remove those barriers to find freedom and closeness.

Publications
Leave the Mud and Learn to Soar: A workbook for women who want to get unstuck in their relationships with God and others. (Discovery House Publishers, 2000)
Come with Me: An invitation to break through the wall between you and God. (co-authored with Kathy Escobar for Discovery House Publishers 2002)

Workshops, Speaking, Groups
speaks for women's retreats and workshops on issues of emotional and spiritual growth.
presents workshops on relationship building, conflict resolution in marriage, emotional and spiritual development, healing from childhood trauma/sexual abuse, and small group dynamics
works with churches in developing small group ministries, training leaders
facilitates process groups for women

Professional Experience
Full-time youth ministry, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
teaching college level courses in women's ministries and theology

Education and Training
MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, Bethel Seminary, San Diego, Ca.
MA in Theological Studies, Bethel Seminary, San Diego, Ca.
BA in psychology and sociology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

License and Membership
Registered in the state of California, Marriage and Family Therapy Intern. Registration #IMF38187 supervised by G. Keith Olson, Ph.D., MFT
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)

Contact:
Email
619-280-3430 x126