Lighting the Journey

LUMA Motion™

Engaging Island Youth Through Outdoor Movement-Based Therapy.

LUMA Motion™ brings specialized clinical care to outdoor trails across the San Juan Islands. Our signature Eco-Somatic Locomotor Therapy™ (ESLT™) equips bright, sensitive, and neurodivergent youth with real-time self-regulation tools to navigate challenges related to ADHD, distress, anxiety, and school avoidance through quiet, side-by-side trail locomotion.

  • Who We Serve: Specially designed for youth Ages 10+ (5th–12th Grades).

  • Where We Meet: Dedicated trail & walking spaces in Eastsound, Friday Harbor, and Lopez Village

  • How We Work: 8-Week closed series in micro-cohorts of 2–4 youth to support physical safety, individualized attention, and intentional peer alignment.

  • Client Screening & Intake: Now open for our October 2026 sessions across Eastsound, Friday Harbor, and Lopez—submit your inquiry today to reserve a place in our intake queue and check out our additional cohorts planned for early 2027.

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Counseling Services

LUMA Motion™ is designed to support anxious, neurodivergent, and school-avoidant youth through specialized outdoor movement therapy. We translate evidence-based clinical practices into intentional, frontcountry outdoor environments.

Benefits of Outdoor Movement-Based Therapy

Our Eco-Somatic Locomotor Therapy™ (ESLT™) uses bilateral locomotion to create a supportive environment for learning and applying somatic tracking tools. The outdoor environment is intentionally structured to support youth as they process anxiety, build confidence, and practice transferable self-regulation skills.

The combination of side-by-side locomotion, somatic awareness, and gross motor activity helps ease the pressure of traditional verbal exchanges, fostering a collaborative, low-demand therapeutic space.

Cohort Structure & Delivery

  • Format: Closed 8-Week Clinical Micro-Cohorts of Age-Based Peers

  • Capacity: Strictly capped at 2 to 4 youth per cohort to support physical safety, individualized attention, and intentional peer alignment.

  • Sessions: Weekly 60-minute outdoor (trail, beach, park, sidewalk) sessions across Orcas, San Juan, and Lopez islands

  • Clinical Foundation: Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Verbal (non-touch) Somatic Processing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) interventions backed by a structured clinical intake assessment. All modalities are practiced within an intentional, multicultural/social justice-based approach.

  • Tentative Fall Cohort Schedule: The following blocks of times represent clinician availability for initial planning. Exact session times within these windows will be finalized as the intake, screening and peer-matching process develops.

    • Target Launch Week: October 12, 2026

    • Intake & Screening Cutoff Date: Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, 5:00PM

    • Mondays: Lopez Village 3:00-6:00PM

    • Wednesday: Orcas Eastsound 2:15-6:00PM

    • Friday: Friday Harbor 3:00-5:00PM

    • Note: Because cohorts are capped at 2-4 youth per group to ensure physical safety and age alignment, screening is conducted on a rolling basis. Inquiries received after Oct. 2, will automatically be placed on our queue for Winter Cohort #2.

Investment & Tuition

  • LUMA Motion™ 8-Week Micro-Cohort Series: $1,250 (Orcas Island) | $1,350 (San Juan and Lopez Island). Tuition is billed as a flat, transparent investment that covers your young person’s complete 8-week clinical container—with zero hidden fees.

What’s Included

  • Comprehensive Clinical Intake Assessment: Full 60-90 minute clinical screening to measure somatic regulation and functional progress. Fee: $250.

  • 8-Weekly Outdoor Therapy Sessions: . Specialized 60-minute therapy sessions using Eco-Somatic Locomotor Therapy™ (ESLT™) in capped micro-cohorts. Fee: $1,000 Total | $125/session Orcas or $137.50/session San Juan & Lopez

  • Itemized Superbills: Delivered monthly via our secure portal with diagnostic and coding details (CPT 90791 for intake/ CPT 90853 for group therapy) for out-of-network insurance submissions.

  • Flexible payment options: Pay in full at enrollment or divide into two equal installments of ($625 or $675 accordingly).

  • Streamlined Communication: HIPAA-compliant Simple Practice Patient Portal and client text/call options.

  • Out of the office chair. Onto the trail.

    While our core LUMA Motion™ cohorts run seasonally throughout the year, we are expanding our outdoor-based micro-cohorts in Spring 2027 to support specific youth needs. Each group remains small and intentional—capped at 2–4 youth—combining side-by-side trail locomotion, evidence-based counseling practices, and peer co-regulation.

    PARALLEL PATH | Teen Peer Conflict & Relational Boundaries

    GROUNDED & EMBODIED | Body Image, Embodiment & Somatic Trust

    WILD & AFFIRMING | LGBTQ+ & Queer Youth Identity & Belonging

  • We are Rooted in Nature—Committed to Risk Management

    All sessions take place outdoors in standard island weather, including rain and cold. Dressing in appropriate layers is part of our shared group preparation. For safety, sessions are cancelled or relocated in the event of:

    • High Wind Warnings/Gusts >35mph.

    • Active Lightning or Electrical Storms.

    • Freezing Ice/Dangerous Road Conditions.

    • Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI >150).

    • Severe Ferry Disruptions or Cancellations.

    To ensure predictability for island families, weather determinations follow a two-stage notification protocol:

    1) 24-Hour Weather Watch: An initial email/SMS alert issued if severe weather is forecasted.

    2) 2-Hour Final Confirmation: A final email/SMS notification issued at least 2 hours prior to session start time confirming whether the session is A Go, Relocated, or Rescheduled.

  • Cohort tuition covers a complete 8-week clinical series. Every 8-week term includes a built-in 9th Makeup Week reserved specifically for practice-cancelled sessions due to weather, ferry disruptions or clinician emergency.

    One practice cancelled session per term is rescheduled during this dedicated makeup week.

    Unfulfilled Session Protection:

    We design our 8-week series with flexibility in mind because island weather happens! In the rare event that extraordinary conditions cause more than one practice cancellation and prevent us from completing all 8 sessions, we will issue a full pro-rated credit or refund for each unfulfilled session beyond our makeup capacity.

    Unfulfilled session refunds/credits are processed in one of two ways at the family’s choice:

    Rollover Account Credit: Applied toward the next available 8-week cohort;

    or

    Direct Refund: Issued at the standard per-session rate of $125 (Orcas) and $137.50 (San Juan and Lopez). Refunds are returned to the client’s original payment method within 10 business days.

  • We believe nature and the outdoors is a powerful co-facilitator for mental health, self-efficacy, and somatic regulation. Because our micro-cohorts move outdoors across the frontcounty of Orcas, San Juan and Lopez, physical safety and environmental comfort are the foundation of everything we do.

    What to Wear:

    Shoes: Sturdy walking shoes or boots with socks. No sandals, heels, open toes, or flip flops.

    Layered Clothing: Base layers, insulating layers, and light wool or synthetic undergarments are ideal. Waterproof jacket with a hood. Hats, gloves, and scarves as needed. Avoid pure cotton (t-shirts and jeans) in cold, wet, weather, if at all possible.

    Your LUMA Counseling clinician holds Basic First Aid certification and will carry a small first aid kit, cell phone, and Emergency Satellite Radio capability for immediate, direct access to EMS in non-cellular areas.

Why LUMA?

30+ years of educational experience. A lifetime dedicated to youth and families.

LUMA Motion™ was born from a lifelong commitment to supporting youth, adults, and families through life’s most complex transitions.

With over three decades in public K–12 education—serving as a teacher, school principal, counselor, and district director—I have spent my career alongside thousands of students, parents, and educators navigating systemic challenges, developmental shifts, and acute stress.

Cultivating the ESLT™ Modality

Early in my clinical practice—building on my decades in public education—I recognized a clear pattern: the traditional office-bound “four walls” of clinical therapy isn't always the right fit for every young person. For bright youth navigating severe anxiety, neurodivergent burnout, dysregulation, or school avoidance, sitting face-to-face in a clinical office setting can unintentionally heighten nervous system stress or trigger an internal freeze response.

Youth thrive on active, experiential engagement. I know and believe this at my pedagogical, research, and clinical core.

To bridge this gap, I cultivated Eco-Somatic Locomotor Therapy™ (ESLT™)—a specialized modality that takes therapy out of rigid office settings and into the outdoor trails. By pairing forward bilateral movement with real-time somatic tracking, ESLT™ provides a structured space to learn somatic tools, process side-by-side with peers, and practice self-regulation skills.

A Rigorous Clinical & Systemic Foundation

My practice is anchored by deep academic and clinical preparation:

  • Dual Master’s Degrees in School Counseling and Educational Leadership.

  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA WA# 70110648) & Licensed School Counselor in Washington State.

  • Dedicated to Advanced Scholarship & Study in Mental Health Counseling and Social Justice Leadership.

This rare integration of school system administrative insight, educational systems knowledge, and advanced clinical training allows me to examine youth challenges through both a broad systemic and a deeply personal, somatic lens. I genuinely believe in helping youth become their own internal sources of strength, wisdom, and healing.

My Clinical Commitment

These foundations shape every aspect of my work. I offer a grounded, affirming, and highly compassionate space where:

  • Autonomy & Lived Experience Are Honored: Meeting youth exactly where their nervous system is today.

  • Evidence-Based Care Is Integrated: Blending Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Verbal (non-touch) Somatic Processing, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Narrative Therapy into a dynamic, integrative experiential modality.

  • Systemic Insight Meets Individualized Support: Dismantling barriers, honoring diversity and fostering authentic resilience.

My True North

30+ Years in Education Leadership • Dual Master’s Degrees • Grounded in systemic insight, licensed clinical practice, and continuous professional learning. I am committed to evidence-based, intentional practices that support young people and their families.

Want to Know More?

Your first 15-minute consultation is a simple, no-pressure way to inquire about an upcoming cohort and determine if we’re a good fit.

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On the Horizon

Specialized 8-Week Cohorts Coming Spring 2027

  • The Parallel Path: An outdoor cohort helping teens navigate relationship shifts, school drama, and boundary setting through side-by-side trail movement.

  • Grounded & Embodied: A somatic trail group focused on easing body image anxiety, self-critical thoughts, and sensory overload through physical movement and nature grounding.

  • Wild & Affirming: A quiet, nature-based sanctuary space for LGBTQ+, non-binary, and exploring youth to build genuine peer connection and self-advocacy.

Select the cohort that best fits your teen when reaching out, or schedule a free 15-minute consultation to discuss fit, trail safety, and out-of-network reimbursement.