Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Sue received a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a M.S. in Community Counseling from Georgia State University. Additionally, Sue is a Certified Professional Coach trained through iPEC. Sue has worked both in the mental health and business fields. Owning her own private practice in Washington state since 2011, she has primarily been working with adults and couples struggling with PTSD/trauma, grief, loss, relationship issues, sexual abuse, depression and anxiety. Also, active in her rural community as a mental health professional, Sue has presented workshops on the impact of trauma caused by natural disasters to local churches, non-profit organizations and elder care facilities impacted by area wildfires in Washington State. She has provided wildfire mental health crisis support and served as a facilitator for various groups including grief and loss, domestic violence recovery and support groups for individuals who experienced home loss during area wildfires. With a focused interest and specialty in trauma and complicated grief and loss and a passion to learn effective therapy treatments in these areas, Sue received training in NLP, various neuroscience-based trauma treatment modalities and in couples therapy models that incorporate attachment based and trauma informed approaches. While researching additional trauma therapies in 2019 Sue learned about Accelerated Resolution Therapy and immediately recognized it had the potential to help her clients find relief and healing in a more rapid and thorough manner. She became Basic trained in Fall of 2019, Advanced/Enhanced trained in Fall of 2020 and has been amazed, along with her clients, at the transformation and swift relief that happens in her office over and over. Sue is enthusiastic about sharing Accelerated Resolution Therapy with her clients, as well as seeing other therapists learn Accelerated Resolution Therapy so they too have this powerful modality to help bring swift and lasting relief to their clients. Sue is honored to be a part of the Accelerated Resolution Therapy team of trainers.