Life can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to face it alone. As a compassionate therapist, I specialize in helping individuals, families, and couples navigate challenges such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, anger, and more. I also offer walk-and-talk therapy in San Diego, blending physical activity with therapeutic conversation to activate the mind and body for transformative outcomes. Whether you’re managing daily stressors or working through deeper emotional hurdles, I provide a safe, inclusive space to explore, heal, and grow. As a proud LGBTQ+ member and ally, I’m here to support your journey toward self-discovery and fulfillment. Together, we’ll build the tools to help you thrive.

Over the many years I have been engaging in therapeutic practice, I have noticed that people often come to therapy when they are feeling stuck, alone, or think that they have exhausted their available resources for coping. My role as your therapist is to serve as a tour guide, helping you identify and express your needs and wants, as well as recognize your strengths and abilities to heal and grow. I also often work to understand how your past experiences and current situation may relate to moving forward. We work together to make change and facilitate the life path that feels right for you. I take a warm, compassionate, and collaborative approach to therapy.

Proven successful treatment that can help patients live more peaceful and fulfilling lives. The treatment that I use is psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. I believe in working together to to feel less alone. Helping people of various backgrounds working through patterns of behavior to achieve loving connections with others and personal life goals. Reducing fear to uncover underlying strength and hope. Develop meaningful bonds with a loving partner, family, and friends. Proven successful at decreasing addictive behaviors, eating disorders, and sexual disorders. Specialize in working with pregnant women transitioning into first time parenthood and postpartum depression. Extensive experience with gay and lesbian adults. Areas of expertise include working with people in the film and television industry. I have very extensive training in working with the patient to understand themselves and their unconscious inner world. I have been told by patients that it is a remarkable type of treatment that goes above and beyond other treatment options. I am an advanced candidate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis and have 10+ years experience post licensure. People often find that psychoanalytic treatment opens their eyes in such a way that they wish they would have begun sooner in their lives.

I believe that children heal through safe, trusting relationships—especially with the adults who know them best. In my work, I focus on strengthening the parent–child connection, supporting emotional regulation, and helping families feel more grounded, attuned, and connected. My approach blends trauma-informed care, play therapy, and parent–child relational models. I help children express big feelings through play and gentle exploration, while giving parents practical tools to understand behavior, reduce stress in the home, and support their child’s nervous system. I hold a warm, empathic, and playful space where children can be themselves and where caregivers feel supported, not judged. Healing isn’t about perfection; it’s about creating small, meaningful shifts together that lead to lasting change for the whole family.