Education and Professional Qualifications

Licensure and Certifications:

  • Academy of Certified Social Workers, NASW (2001)
  • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, State of Washington (2005)
  • Certified in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Washington (2006)
  • Title 26 Family Law Guardian ad Litem (2008)
  • Completion of fourty-hour Mediation Training (2009)
  • Certified trainer Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (2018)
  • Tech Addiction and Digital Health for Children and Adolescents Level 1 Certification (2022)

Education:

  • Masters in Social Work, University of Washington (1999)
  • Bachelors in Psychology, University of Washington (1997)

Professional Memberships:

  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Washington State Society of Clinical Social Workers
  • King County Collaborative Law Practice Group
  • International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • Association of Family and Consiliation Courts

Professional Background:

  • Child Protective Service, State of Washington
  • Clinical Social Worker, Casey Foundation
  • Title 26 Family Law Guardian adLitem
  • Court appointed Parenting Coordinator and Co/Parenting Coach
  • Collaborative Law Child Specialist
  • Licensed Psychotherapist, State of Washington

Additional Background:

  • Adjunct professor in the MSW program at the University of Washington
  • Fluent in Japanese and conversant in Spanish