REDMOND, WA 🡦

Professional Consultation in Redmond

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WELCOME TO 🡦

Expert Guidance for Aging-Focused Work

Are you working with an aging client, or their adult child, and feeling unsure how to support them? Do you feel stuck when cognitive changes arise, struggle with family caregiver dynamics, or wonder if what you're seeing is dementia, depression, or both?


You're not alone, and you don't have to figure it out on your own. While many mental health professionals are well-trained in core therapy skills, not all receive in-depth training in aging, cognitive decline, or caregiver family dynamics.



I offer one-on-one professional consultations for mental health providers who want guidance and confidence in working with older adults and family caregivers. Whether you're a social worker, therapist, associate, or intern, I can help you think through cases and develop a clear, ethically grounded plan of care.

What Professional Consultation Offers

Professional consultation provides focused clinical guidance when you're navigating cases involving older adults. These sessions are designed to support your clinical decision-making, deepen your understanding of aging-related issues, and help you feel more confident in your work.


Each consultation is tailored to your specific case or clinical question. We'll discuss your concerns collaboratively, explore different approaches, and develop strategies that align with best practices in geriatric mental health and family systems work.


This isn't clinical supervision for licensure hours, it's professional support designed to enhance your clinical effectiveness when working with aging populations and their families.

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My Clinical and Personal Expertise

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with over 12 years of experience in medical and geriatric social work. My background includes hospital discharge planning, case management, and dementia care coordination. I work closely with older adults and caregivers across healthcare settings and understand the clinical and emotional complexities you face.

Over the years, I’ve supported hundreds of individuals and families navigating cognitive decline, caregiver stress, and the search for meaning and quality of life through aging. I bring a deep understanding of the medical, psychological, and systemic factors involved and help clients approach them with clarity and confidence.

In addition to my professional background, I bring personal experience. My grandmother lived with Alzheimer’s for over a decade, and I supported my mother throughout that journey. This blend of clinical expertise and lived experience informs my approach and helps me offer practical, real-world guidance.

I believe in collaborative consultation that respects your clinical judgment while providing specialized insight into aging, dementia, and family dynamics that may not be part of your core training..

How Professional Consultation Can Help

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Differentiate Cognitive Changes

Learn to distinguish between memory loss, depression, and normal aging to inform accurate assessment and treatment planning

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Navigate Family Dynamics

Develop strategies for working with caregiver relationships, adult children, and multigenerational family systems

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Adapt Evidence-Based Approaches

Modify therapeutic interventions to meet the unique needs and limitations of older adult clients effectively

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Address Ethical Dilemmas

Work through safety concerns, autonomy conflicts, and capacity questions with clarity and professional confidence

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Manage Clinical Challenges

Get support for engaging resistant clients, managing countertransference, and processing grief that arises in aging-focused work

The Journey to Relief 🡦

The Professional Consultation Process

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Submit Consultation Request

Complete a brief intake form describing your clinical question or case concern and what kind of support you're seeking

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Review and Scheduling

I'll review your request to ensure I'm the right fit, then reach out to schedule your 60-minute virtual consultation session

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Focused Consultation Session

We'll meet virtually for a collaborative session tailored to your specific clinical questions, case concerns, or professional development goals

Enhance Your Professional Effectiveness

Many mental health professionals feel underprepared when aging-related issues arise in their caseload. You might avoid taking referrals involving older adults, feel anxious about missing important medical factors, or struggle to engage clients who seem resistant to therapy.


Without specialized guidance, you may spend hours researching independently, second-guessing your clinical decisions, or feeling isolated in challenging cases. This uncertainty can affect your confidence and limit the quality of care you're able to provide to aging clients who need support.


With targeted consultation, you gain clarity and confidence in your clinical approach. You'll understand how to assess cognitive concerns, engage older clients therapeutically, and navigate family dynamics that impact treatment.



Many professionals find that even one consultation session transforms their approach to aging-focused work. You'll develop skills and insights that enhance your practice not just for one case, but for every older adult client you serve going forward.

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Professional Background and Expertise 🡦

Continue Struggling or Access Expert Insight

Perhaps you're spending significant time outside sessions researching age-related conditions, feeling uncertain about your assessments, or worried you're missing something important. You might avoid certain types of cases because you don't feel adequately prepared.


Continuing without specialized support often means ongoing anxiety, missed clinical opportunities, and a nagging sense that you could be serving your older adult clients more effectively if you just had the right guidance.


Access Expert Guidance: Accessing professional consultation means gaining specialized knowledge that wasn't part of your core training. You'll approach aging-focused cases with confidence, knowing you have expert perspective backing your clinical decisions.



Professionals who invest in consultation often discover they can expand their practice to serve older adults more effectively, feel more confident in complex cases, and provide higher quality care to an underserved population that desperately needs skilled clinicians.

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Ready to Elevate Your Practice

Expand your confidence and clinical effectiveness when working with older adults and their families. Professional consultation is available virtually to mental health professionals throughout Washington State and beyond.

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Common Professional Consultation Topics

  • Challenging Behaviors - Strategies for managing aggression, wandering, resistance to care, or other difficult behaviors in dementia patients.

  • Family Dynamics - Guidance on navigating difficult family situations, managing unrealistic expectations, or facilitating difficult conversations.

  • Care Transitions - Best practices for hospital discharges, facility transfers, or end-of-life care planning for patients with dementia.

  • Staff Training - Developing education programs for dementia care, communication techniques, or compassion fatigue prevention.

  • Program Development - Creating memory care programs, implementing person-centered care approaches, or improving quality metrics.

  • Ethical Dilemmas - Guidance on balancing patient autonomy with safety, family conflicts over care decisions, or resource allocation challenges.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 🡦

FAQs About Professional Consultation

  • Who is professional consultation designed for?

    This service is for licensed mental health professionals, associates, interns, and social workers who want to enhance their clinical skills when working with older adults and family caregivers. It's particularly helpful if geriatric mental health wasn't a focus of your graduate training.

  • Is this the same as clinical supervision?

    No. These consultations are not clinical supervision and do not fulfill licensure or supervision hour requirements. They're designed to offer professional guidance, clinical insight, and collaborative support on specific cases or skill development related to aging populations.

  • Can I bring client information to the consultation?

    Yes, you can discuss cases while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and HIPAA compliance. Please de-identify client information and focus on the clinical questions or dynamics you're navigating rather than extensive case details.

  • What if I need ongoing consultation support?

    You can schedule multiple consultation sessions as needed for different cases or ongoing professional development. Some clinicians schedule periodic consultations to discuss their aging-focused caseload, while others reach out as specific complex cases arise.

  • Do you provide consultation to professionals outside Washington?

    Yes, professional consultation focuses on clinical guidance and best practices that are applicable regardless of location, though specific resource recommendations may vary by region.

  • Can this count as continuing education?

    While I don't provide formal CEU credits, many professionals find the consultation valuable for professional development and may be able to use it toward training requirements depending on their organization's policies.

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Invest in Professional Excellence

Taking steps to enhance your expertise in dementia and Parkinson's care benefits every patient you serve. Professional consultation is an investment in both your professional development and patient outcomes.