Clinical Focus
Life Transitions
Moving through life changes can make us feel anxious and overwhelmed, unmoored from where we once were and uncertain of where we are going.
Relational Struggles
In adulthood, the strategies we adopted as children to get love and protect ourselves can be roadblocks to the deep connection we crave with ourselves and others.
Creative Blocks
Creative expression undergoes cycles of ebb and flow. However, prolonged periods of feeling creatively stranded or stifled may be a sign that the psyche is asking for help.
Ways of Working
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Many of us haven’t had much experience with the kind of truly supportive relationships that make healing possible. A good therapeutic relationship allows us to be fully ourselves while recognizing our unique potential. Therapy is a microcosm of your relationships in other areas of your life in which we will examine rupture and identify patterns that occur within our shared space.
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There are many different types and constellations of important relationships whose complex dynamics may need tending to. Together we will look at the patterns that are contributing to your struggles in order to improve communication, increase mutual understanding, examine sexual issues, and address betrayals.
*Couples/Polycules, Friends, Biological/Chosen Families including Adult Children & Parents, Business Partners
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For those who seek deeper connection with themselves and others and need help in looking at relational patterns, a group can build insight into how you are perceived by others as well as how to communicate your feelings in a way that builds connection. (If you are unfamiliar with group therapy, this Youtube series does a great job at portraying what a group session might look like.)
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Sometimes the barriers to the life you want stem from past adverse or traumatic experiences. These experiences can create automatic, patterned behaviors that continue to bring about unwanted outcomes. AF-EMDR (Attachment Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) can help by targeting and reprocessing the root incidents behind these patterns, allowing you to heal the wounds that have been holding you back.
I work on an individual or adjunct (with your existing therapist) basis.
Frequently Asked Questions &
Policies
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Payment is due at the time of service. If you are concerned about your ability to afford therapy, I reserve a limited number of sliding scale spaces. I use The Green Bottle Method by Alexis J. Cunningfolk to help clients self-select where they fall on the scale of financial privilege.
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I am not in-network with any insurance providers. Your insurer may provide coverage for out-of-network providers but you need to inquire directly with them about their policies.
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Appointments canceled less than 24 hours in advance will be charged for a full session.
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Finding the right therapist is no easy task. Please do not hesitate to be in touch to set up an initial phone consultation to get a better sense of me and ask any questions you may have about our work.
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I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) and Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC). I earned my masters in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles and interned at Southern California Counseling Center (SCCC). I am currently in post-graduate training at the Pacific Gestalt Institute (PGI) in Los Angeles and Center for Group Studies in New York.
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Photographic portraits by the brilliantly talented Andrew Southam.
All other paintings are Open Access images, courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington or Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The arts are an avenue to explore what it means to be a human being. Whether it’s portraiture as an examination of individual identity or still life as a metaphor for loss & existential angst or landscapes that remind us of all that has yet to be explored, the arts allow us to delve into different emotions, much like psychotherapy.