My approach to therapy is rooted in a deep commitment to social justice, informed by the awareness that overlapping systems of oppression harm our psyches, our communities, and the Earth. I find that IFS (Internal Family Systems, also known as ‘parts work’) is a helpful tool for the people I serve, as well as Hakomi (a type of somatic therapy) and EFT (Emotionally-Focused Therapy) for couples. My approach is also psychodynamic and attachment-based, given that I take care to understand your early childhood relationships. I welcomed my first child in 2022 and since then have received additional training in perinatal psychology in order to support perinatal populations.

Whether you’re new to therapy or a long-term therapy client, I see myself as a co-collaborator in your healing process. My goal is to focus on your relationship with you: how do you speak to yourself? How do you tend to your spirit, body and mind? The questions I ask are meant to stir wise parts of you that are in the shadows. I believe everyone has an inner healer who can be brought to light.

Education & Training

M.A. Counseling Psychology; Wright Institute

Completion of 2-Year Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Training Program from Alchemy Community Therapy Center

Crisis Line Training from Crisis Support Services of Alameda County

Trained in The Flash Technique for trauma processing

Trained in Couples Therapy & The Enneagram

Trained in the S-KAP Approach (Somatic Ketamine-Assisted Therapy)

Books that Inform My Approach

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel Van der Kolk

It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention-Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté

Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki

The Trauma of Everyday Life by Mark Epstein

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Sue Johnson

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Marie Brown

Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship by Terry Real

Home Body by Rupi Kaur

My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem