Welcome! Life is a series of joyful moments and periods of difficulty. It is during those difficult times that we all need sisu to thrive. The Finns are widely accepted as one of the happiest cultures in the world. However, they don’t define happiness as a fleeting concept. Rather, they recognize that happiness can be attributed to a strong social safety net, regular time spent in nature, and the concept of sisu, or grit, determination, and resilience through difficult times. People show their sisu in many ways, and grit is something that Tacoma knows something about! Embarking on a journey of self-discovery through psychological or psycho-education evaluation, or therapy, is an important step in strengthening your own sense of sisu. Let us help!

Dr. Lauri Lindquist (she/her) is a licensed psychologist in Tacoma, WA, serving the South Puget Sound region. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology in 2016 from The University of Montana, specializing in School Psychology. For her pre-doctoral internship, she provided behavioral health consultation at a federally qualified health center, HealthPoint Community Health Center. Dr. Lindquist has spent the past decade working as a school psychologist in Tacoma Public Schools, where she performed hundreds of psychoeducational evaluations through a neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, and anti-racist lens.