I am a warm and direct psychologist. I have worked in many different contexts including internationally, and I love helping diverse people thrive. I work with anxiety, depression, relocation, eating disorders, difficult life events and relationships. I am an expert in short-term therapy for depression and anxiety, as well as psychoanalytic therapy. It can be difficult to find the right therapist. I recommend an initial consultation where we can discuss your situation, goals, and preferences and assess whether it is a good fit. Please visit my website for further information about my practice. Psychotherapy can be anywhere between a one or two session consultation to a treatment relationship spanning the course of several years. Short-term psychotherapy is usually about three months of weekly or biweekly meetings, and many people find they feel better and are able to sustain the improvements they have made after completing short-term therapy. Ongoing therapy can help you forge better, more intimate relationships and to leave with a stronger sense of who you are, a greater openness to life experiences, increased confidence, and improved awareness of what you think and why. It can be incredibly helpful and meaningful to develop a relationship with a therapist over a longer period of time.

“We are born in relationship, we grow in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we are healed in relationship.” - Harville Hendrix, couples therapist Taking a step into the unknown can feel intimidating, but you are searching for a reason. It has been an honor to accompany my client’s on their journey to seek their own truth and understanding, helping to restructure a life of emotional pain and confusion into an empowering experience that feels safe and full of hope. It is my belief that all emotional suffering can be relieved through loving and healthy relationships with ourselves and others. Providing a safe space for our emotional healing through psychotherapy can be one of the most beneficial ways we can engage in self care for ourselves and our relationships. I work with individual clients and couples collaboratively to heal wounds they have carried from their life experiences that have created unhealthy habits, thought processes and behaviors. By utilizing a variety of interventions including cognitive behavioral therapy, attachment based approaches, somatic modalities, internal family systems and psychoanalytic theories, the work we engaged in is uniquely integrated allowing for a holistic experience. I use compassion, empathy, assertiveness and humor while in the room with my clients and I most enjoy working with individuals and couples who are looking to expand their awareness of self and enhance their overall wellbeing. I strive to use a culturally competent lens while practicing psychotherapy, as well as being inclusive of diversity when working with individuals and couples. I have worked in the field of mental health since 2012 in a variety of roles such as; working with at-risk populations locally and internationally, facilitating therapeutic services in correctional facilities, providing psychotherapy in community health settings and private practice.

To start with, somatic psychotherapy can look like traditional talk therapy. We sit in a comfortable room, and together unfold your story and agree upon what to pay attention to first. The first thing that is different are some of the questions of inquiry, which ask about internal states related to your thoughts. In my work with clients we might incorporate gestures, postures, movements, and bodywork, as appropriate. Typically there is a parallel somatic educational process to the unfolding of your experience. The body is brought into the psychotherapeutic process because thinking is not only an abstract function, it is a physical act. The brain is physically continuous with the rest of the body and is influenced by the constant stream of information received through your senses. And so we focus on the regulation of energy in relation to what matters most to you. This often involves your experiences of some or all of the following: grounded-ness, meaning and purpose, connectedness, will and power, communication and expression, and the processing of information.

I want to know what brings a smile to your face as you realize there is life to be lived. Our relationship is in the service of real, lasting change that will come from collaboration based on trust. There is a part in you, that know exactly why it came here and what is the task at hand. I like to ask my clients early in our work? "How will you know that you received what you came for?" We re-visit this question until one day we both know the work is done. While I will be keenly interested in how your past has brought you here, we will not dwell there. I am much more interested in what's present for you now and how the best in you can unfold. The change that will revitalize your life will not come from insight alone. We will engage in dialogue, storytelling, relaxation, imagery, dream exploration, and pay attention to body sensation, the seat of the soul. I am multifaceted by nature. A trained musician and composer, a highly regarded software designer, an experienced sailor, a resident and student of many international cultures, a life-long and committed spiritual practitioner, and a loving, happy father and husband. I am an associate of the Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area and a member of CAMFT.

I offer a warm, collaborative, and relational approach intended to foster personal growth and self understanding for individuals and couples of all cultures and sexual orientations. My therapeutic approach is based on principles of mindfulness and somatic awareness, primarily working with the client's present experience. I strive to help the client understand how their core beliefs and somatic holding patterns have shaped them, identify those which may not necessarily be serving them in the present, and build tools towards being able to influence their present life. My training has focused on experiential, mindful, and body-oriented therapy specifically using the Hakomi method and Formative Psychology. In addition, I integrate tenets of Feminist, Relational, and Humanistic orientations. My interest in cross-cultural therapy is rooted in my own bi-cultural living experience. My Spanish language skills are of native fluency, and I am available to work with clients both in English and in Spanish, as needed. My experience with issues of multi-culturalism and immigration, both personal and professional, informs my work. In addition, I have facilitated workshops on cross-cultural issues.

With over 30 years of experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist, she is a licensed professional in California and Massachusetts. Her extensive expertise in relationship dynamics, combined with her compassionate approach, has helped countless individuals and families find peace and resolution in their personal lives. She specializes in family therapy & mediation, couples therapy & mediation, and co-parenting therapy & mediation, including: - Healing from trauma and past relationship issues - Mending and rebuilding relationships through mediation - Managing co-parenting challenges with structured mediation sessions - Premarital counseling to align values and future goals - Child therapy to help kids adjust to divorce - Support for individuals and couples navigating divorce through mediation She offers online support groups, expert-led sessions, and personal coaching to provide practical strategies and empowering support tailored to your needs. Mediation sessions are designed to facilitate constructive communication and fair agreements, helping families navigate transitions smoothly.

I believe every individual is different and therefore there is not one approach that fits all people and all challenges. Therapy is a puzzle of trying to understand the core issues that need to be addressed, finding out the clients goals and then helping the client uncover their strengths which they will use to overcome adversity.

Have you found yourself locked in a pattern of relating that leads again and again to the same negative, frustrating or unsatisfying outcomes? I help couples or individuals identify and alter these patterns, often with insight into how they developed in the first place, leading to happier and more fulfilling relationships and lives. I am committed to helping you receive the services best suited for you, so I am happy to discuss your circumstances to determine if working together would be a good fit. My approach to therapy draws inspiration from multiple theories and perspectives, from psychodynamic and psychoanalytic ideas, to cognitive-behavioral techniques, brief therapy models and the framework of Eastern medicine. I strongly believe that who we are and how our problems and ailments manifest results from the interaction between our innate character and constitution, the important formative relationships in our lives, our physical and social environment, and the various demands with which we are asked to contend. Whether I am working with you in ongoing, long-term therapy to understand and alter unhealthy or disruptive lifelong patterns, or briefly consulting on a circumscribed issue, my approach always includes openness, compassion, and a dedication to developing an understanding of the issues at hand within the context of your particular constitution and circumstances.

The events and losses in life can be hard to integrate and make sense of without the chance to process and grieve them with someone. I can help you process the feelings, see and work with maladaptive patterns, identify your strengths, develop relevant skills, and plan the way forward. Connecting with and developing your own inner clarity about things is part of the gift of doing this hard work. This is just as true for relationships which can get stuck in cycles of poor connection and communication when resentments or misunderstandings haven't been worked through. A neutral third party is helpful in slowing down the conversation, offering perspective, insights, and a process for repair along with other tools. I offer culturally responsive collaborative Therapy for Individuals and Couples. Let's get started with a plan to help you feel and do better today!

We find our way to therapy along numerous paths, carrying with us our own personal wishes and goals, and unique “languages” for what we experience, think, and feel. It is therefore essential for our own therapies to be our spaces in which we can come to better see, know, and be ourselves, and be empowered and joined in doing so. Whether you come to therapy for aid in overcoming distress or challenges, or support in a process of self-discovery and greater authenticity, your experiences deserve to be accepted and understood in your own terms, so that you, yourself, can get your arms around them, and feel equipped to take them on. My approach to therapy is interactive and collaborative. I join the people I work with in putting words, understanding, and meaning to their experiences. I believe that through cultivating this kind of progressive understanding, we can better take charge of the way that we relate to people, situations, and, perhaps most importantly, ourselves. I strive to listen closely and let folks know what I’m hearing from them, encouraging our therapy to take place in the present moment, and point towards the future, and bring another perspective to what’s going on, and what might be done or done differently. In my practice, I work most frequently with people unfulfilled by, and wanting to improve, their relationships, trying to better understand themselves during life transitions or identity development, or who are dealing with painful or sticky emotional experiences that they’ve struggled to resolve on their own. I am a psychological associate in the state of California, with my postdoctoral clinical work supervised by Dr. James Norwood. At this time, I see residents of California for sessions virtually.

*Trauma-Informed Specialty EMDR Certified* I have 2 primary practice specialties, serving both men and women: *One of my passions is helping women and their families through the life cycle transitions of fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause. I also help womencouples through perinatal loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, etc.). Support for new dadspartners is also under this umbrella of psychotherapy. *Another subspecialty I provide is helping clients who are leaving toxic relationships and healing from narcissistic abuse. I just published by first ebook, Soul Vampires: Reclaiming Your Lifeblood After Narcissistic Abuse, and I've published several articles for on all my practice specialties, as well as for my own blog at I take a team approach to helping my clients feel empowered to develop their goals for recovering through depression, anxiety, griefloss, trauma andor life cycle transition. My philosophy is very strengths-focused and client-centered. I offer a compassionate listening ear and psycho-education, in addition to other avenues of intervention. I provide tele-health for clients who are geographically far (through Regroup Therapy and Simple Practice)

Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Eating issues and addiction, especially for queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (QTBIPOC), often begin as a survival strategy. Your addiction and/or disordered eating may have been your first coping mechanism against racism, homophobia, classism, sexism, or other forms of trauma or abuse. Do you feel disconnected from your body or yourself? Do you feel incapable of facing life without the "help" of these behaviors, or have they helped you escape and/or become your safe place? We explore what's hidden beneath your addiction, eating issues, and/or eating issues. Using somatic practices and parts work, we safely dive deep into the issues that may have caused your eating behaviors and addictions to occur in the first place. We use tools like breathwork and tapping to regulate the body, while holding space for your lived experience to be felt and expressed. During the process of working through what may have created the dependence on substances, food, or lack of food, we learn how to map our nervous system's survival responses and patterns. What survival response do you most live in when faced with life stressors or past or present traumas? Your world might feel scary right now, but you don't have to bear it alone. It takes courage to reach out for support and declare, "I've had enough!" Despite how challenging it might feel right now, I believe you can grow, change, and evolve. Together, we will find practical and/or creative solutions to those persistent issues. I'm not just saying this because it sounds nice. I've lived it myself. I come to this work with professional and personal experience. I struggled with addiction and an eating issue during my 20s and early 30s. Point of Information: I'm 44 now. I've spent years in therapy addressing the traumas that led to my eating issue and addiction challenges. I know it seems impossible now, but there is freedom on the other side of these behaviors, and you don't have to go it alone. We heal in community. I believe people can move past deep attachment wounding and trauma. I believe this because I've seen it in myself, the folks I work with, colleagues, and friends.