I offer warm, socially informed, and humanistic therapy, with an emphasis on treating depression, shame and self-esteem issues, and patterns of relational instability.
While not opposed to the language of 'tools,' 'cures,' and 'treatments' when appropriate, my work leans more heavily on notions of insight and expansion, agency and accountability, creativity and language, collaboration and compassion. I pay attention to tone, affect, relational dynamics, biography and narration in order to help those I work with develop awareness of their strengths, their blindspots, their unconscious patterns and their limiting beliefs.
Prior to entering private practice, my clinical experience taught me how to develop caring, effective therapeutic relationships across a wide variety of identity positions, personal styles, and symptoms—this lies at the foundation of my work. It also ushered me into an understanding of therapeutic care that didn’t rest satisfied at the level of slogans and sound-bite advice. I was pushed instead to understand others at the biological, psychological, sociological, and historical levels, while also respecting, listening, and responding to the dignity and uniqueness of the person in front of me.
My current practice builds upon this foundation. Humanistic, person-centered, and narrative therapies are at the core of my work but ultimately I have a ‘whatever’s best for the client in front of me’ approach. So I listen first, attune to your style, and then collaborate with you to imagine the right therapeutic environment for your needs.
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B.A. History of Art, Wesleyan University, 2005
M.A. History, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
M.A. Counseling Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2021
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, 2025
