About
Mission
I didn't stumble into this work by accident. I came to it because I needed it — or at least, I needed someone like me when I was going through my own stuff. I grew up carrying a lot, and for a long time I carried it alone. Not because nobody cared, but because I didn't have a space where I felt safe enough to put it down.
That experience never left me. And somewhere along the way I realized I could do something with it — not just heal from it, but use it. Every time I get to sit with someone in their hardest moments, something that once felt like pure weight starts to feel like it meant something. Like it was pointing me here the whole time.
That's what drives this work. Not a theory or a framework — just a genuine belief that nobody should have to carry their stuff alone. And a firsthand understanding of what it means when they finally don't have to.
Method
My approach isn't one-size-fits-all — because honestly, how could it be? You're showing up with your own history, your own stuff, your own way of making sense of the world. Cookie-cutter therapy wouldn't know what to do with that. The way we work together is going to depend on you, what you're carrying, and what feels right in the room on any given day. Some sessions we're going deep. Others we're just finding our footing. Both are part of the process.
At the core of everything is the relationship we build. Not as a backdrop to the "real" work — it is the real work. When you feel genuinely safe with another person, something shifts. That's not a theory, that's just what I've seen happen over and over again.
From there, we follow what's alive in the room. Sometimes that means sitting with something uncomfortable until it starts to make sense. Sometimes it means getting curious about where a feeling is coming from, or what it's been trying to tell you. And sometimes — especially once the harder stuff starts to settle — it means figuring out who you actually are and what you actually want out of this one life you've got.
And for those of you who like to do your research before committing to anything — completely valid, very relatable — the approaches I draw from include Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-informed therapy, and psychodynamic therapy. But honestly, in the room it just looks like two people figuring things out together.
The Person Behind the Practice
I've spent the better part of a decade working with college and graduate students — on campuses and off — and what that experience taught me is that some of the most overwhelming emotional experiences happen in people who look like they have it the most together. That's shaped everything about how I practice.
I hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.) and have extensive training in complex trauma, relational trauma, and the long shadow that early experiences can cast on everything that comes after.
And I'll be straight with you — I'm in my own therapy too. Not because something's wrong, but because I believe this work asks something real of all of us. We're all on this journey together. I'm just lucky enough to get to walk alongside people for part of theirs.
Licensed Psychologist — State of California | PSY30704
