Therapy should feel dynamic, engaging, and meaningful — but it won’t always feel easy.

Maybe you’ve been in therapy before, or just feel stuck with more questions than answers. Fortunately, this is an ideal place to begin.

My approach is psychodynamic and relational — our genuine connection is vital to the work and we’ll bring unconscious patterns into awareness. I’m committed to learning how social, racial, sexual, political, ecological, and economic systems impact your emotional wellbeing.

Areas of treatment focus include family transitions (birth, adolescence, college & career paths, end of life); early childhood trauma; grief, death and dying; perinatal mental health, and crises of creativity and spirit. I offer sessions with individuals and with adults together with their babies.

For 20 years, I’ve supported children and families and have worked as a therapist since 2012. I’ve also taught Child Psychotherapy to graduate students, worked as an early childhood educator, and facilitated parent-infant groups. Decades of experience has given me respect for many types of relationships and families, and for the undeniable ways in which our past informs our present.

My education and training include a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and positions in several community nonprofits, including a traineeship at the Community Counseling and Education Center, and internships with Secure Beginnings (formerly the Nan Tolbert Nurturing Center) and Camarillo Hospice (now Livingston Memorial).

California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #107084