About Rhiannon
I’m not the kind of therapist who just nods and listens while you circle the same pain for years. If we’re working together, we’re working.
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist, trained in EMDR, Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), Mentalization-Based NET (MBT-informed), and DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy).
I’ve worked everywhere from crisis lines to integrated clinics to K–12 schools. I’ve sat with people in the middle of acute suicidality. I’ve worked with clients who were told they were “too much,” “too complex,” or “not a good fit.”
They were a good fit.
They just needed someone who wasn’t afraid of the edge.
MY CLINICAL APPROACH
I specialize in working with neurodivergent teens and adults, high-acuity trauma, and people who have already done a lot of therapy…but don’t actually feel different.
You understand your patterns.
You can explain your childhood.
You’ve read the books.
And yet when something hits — criticism, conflict, rejection — your nervous system still reacts like it always has.
That’s not a character flaw. It’s usually a sign that you’ve talked about the trauma, but haven’t fully processed it. Insight and healing are not the same thing.
My work integrates:
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) to help you build a life that feels meaningful, not just manageable.
Narrative Exposure Therapy and trauma-focused approaches that include the body, not just the story.
Mentalization-based work to strengthen emotional regulation and relationships, especially when things get intense.
And a systemic lens that refuses to pretend your suffering exists in a vacuum. Gender, power, politics, family systems…they all matter.
I care deeply about outcomes. I track what we’re doing. I refine. I consult. I train (a lot). I read constantly. Your therapy is not something I “wing.” It’s structured, intentional, and grounded in evidence.
And yes, there will be rabbit holes and dark humor along the way.
AUTHOR OF THE NEURODIVERGENCE SKILLS WORKBOOK FOR TEENS
A book for neurodivergent teens by a neurodivergent therapist.
I wrote The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook for Teens after years of working with neurodivergent teens who were insightful, capable, and often overwhelmed.
What I kept seeing in my office was this: teens who understood themselves fairly well — and still didn’t have tools that actually worked for their nervous systems.
So I wrote the kind of resource I wanted my clients to have.
The workbook draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and my clinical work with teens and families. It offers structured, practical skills for managing emotional overwhelm, navigating sensory intensity, handling social stress, setting boundaries, and communicating clearly.
It’s written for teens, but it isn’t simplistic. The material is grounded in evidence-based treatment and adapted thoughtfully for neurodivergent brains.
Neurodivergent teens don’t need to be reshaped. They need support that fits how they process, feel, and move through the world.
p.s. I was interviewed on the Your Anxious Child podcast about my book here. And I did this interview on Mentalization-Based Narrative Exposure Therapy for Complex Interpersonal Trauma (MBNET) with the Kiln School podcast.
If you’re wondering…
I earned my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA, after discovering firsthand how transformative good therapy can be.
Outside the therapy room, I’m usually baking something ambitious, overanalyzing television like it’s a doctoral thesis, or wandering through town in search of coffee. I love memoirs, graphic novels, and stories about misfits who save the world. (Buffy forever.)
I live in Ashland, Oregon with my family, and I am endlessly grateful to get to do this work.
If you want a therapist who will:
Challenge you without shaming you
Laugh with you without minimizing your pain
Help you build skills and process trauma
See your brilliance even when you can’t
And stay steady when things get hard
You’re in the right place.