ABOUT ME
My Style
As a therapist I am compassionate, respectful, authentic, active, and engaging. My approach is very warm. I aim to create an atmosphere of safety to support your opening and exploring; a soft place to land, so to speak. I stimulate and challenge you when I sense you are ripe for it. My empathic abilities are strong and I have a way of really getting inside of your experience so that I might best understand what life is like in your shoes. I draw on what happens in your body and your imagination as we work, and I do not check my sense of humor at the door. My passion for and belief in this work are unmistakable, as is my unwavering faith in the human spirit's ability to heal and evolve. While my work is grounded in theory and clinical training, it is also infused with intuition and a wealth of personal experience
As a therapist I am compassionate, respectful, authentic, active, and engaging. My approach is very warm. I aim to create an atmosphere of safety to support your opening and exploring; a soft place to land, so to speak. I stimulate and challenge you when I sense you are ripe for it. My empathic abilities are strong and I have a way of really getting inside of your experience so that I might best understand what life is like in your shoes. I draw on what happens in your body and your imagination as we work, and I do not check my sense of humor at the door. My passion for and belief in this work are unmistakable, as is my unwavering faith in the human spirit's ability to heal and evolve. While my work is grounded in theory and clinical training, it is also infused with intuition and a wealth of personal experience
Areas of Clinical Interest
- Trauma
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Addictions (especially alcohol and substance abuse)
- Self-esteem issues
- Sexual abuse
- Eating disorders and body image issues
- Grief and Loss
- LGBT issues
- Relationships
- Life Transitions
- Creative and Intuitive Blocks
- Neurobiological aspects of therapeutic relationship
Credential
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, #MFC50103
Background
- Education and Degrees:
- MA (Integral Counseling Psychology), California Institute of Integral Studies.
- BA, California Institute of Integral Studies
- Training and Experience:
- Private Practice opened in 2007
- Clinical training at the Integral Counseling Center on Pierce Street (2 years)
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Training (40 CEUs)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy training (6 CEUs)
- Attachment in Psychotherapy training (12 CEUs)
- Social rehabilitation group facilitator (1 year)
- Residential counselor (2 years)
- Hospice care and counseling with dying individuals and their families (1 year)
- Peer counseling volunteer (4 years)
Continuing Education
I am passionate about continuing my education and training in order to stay up to date with the most cutting edge research being done in the field. A current area of special interest and research for me is the intersection of neurobiology with attachment studies, and the ways in which a secure therapeutic relationship actually rewires the brain.