BA, BSN, PhD student
LMT, RN, CLWT
(that’s a ridiculous number of letters)

My Work . . .

Over the last twenty years I have developed many resources for people wanting to find relief from abdominal adhesions and other abdominal distress.  This includes problems like: post-surgical adhesions, lingering post-surgical pain patterns, bowel obstructions, pain after giving birth (especially after c-sections), digestive and urinary changes, undiagnosed but benign abdominal pain, post-endometriosis surgery pain, and more.

I maintain my in-person practice at my clinic in Portland, OR and I only see clients who are focusing on abdominal care. This can mean from your ribcage to your pelvis/hips.  As a licensed massage therapist I am highly attuned to the tissues in all of their layers and patterns in the belly. As a Registered Nurse (RN) and a certified lymphedema and wound therapist (CLWT), I am sensitive to the huge variety of factors that can contribute to abdominal and pelvic distress. 

My natural talents and inclination have led me to work mostly in post-surgical situations.  However, I always love working with people who have never had surgery, so don’t hesitate to engage if that’s you.

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I have a whole separate website that I started many years ago to educate people about what abdominal adhesions are and how to work with them through self-care at home.  I also have developed (with my colleague Angela Severson, LMT) an introductory program to teach massage therapists how to bring abdominal massage into their own work (also on that website).

Here it is (this will take you to the other learning website):

I was also extremely honored in 2020 to be nominated by some of my favorite referral partners for Portland Monthly’s Top Medicine Providers award.

Here is a direct link the NCBTMB approved program for practitioners who want to learn abdominal massage (the one I created with Angela Severson):