Meaningful change starts here.
Whether you’re feeling anxious, depressed, stuck, disconnected, or sensing that something no longer fits, your suffering has meaning.
Therapy helps you better understand your thoughts and feelings, so you can make clearer choices and live a fuller, more satisfying life.
Psychotherapy can mean different things to different people.
Some people come to therapy with clearly defined concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, or life transitions.
Others arrive with something harder to name: dissatisfaction, loneliness, internal tension, or a sense of being stuck in familiar ways of living or relating.
My approach is relational, thoughtful, and individualized. I do not believe therapy is a one-size-fits-all process, nor simply a place for advice or symptom management. Meaningful change often involves deeper understanding, emotional experience, and the opportunity to encounter familiar patterns in a new way.
Understanding Patterns
Emotional struggles rarely appear in isolation. Anxiety, depression, conflict, loneliness, or feeling stuck often reflect deeper patterns in how we relate to ourselves and others. Therapy can help illuminate these patterns with greater clarity, making room for curiosity, understanding, and new possibilities.
The Therapeutic Relationship
Therapy is not simply a place to talk about life from a distance. The relationship between therapist and patient often becomes an important part of the work itself. How we connect, communicate, protect ourselves, or respond emotionally can emerge in ways that deepen understanding and create opportunities for meaningful change.
Meaningful Change
Insight alone is not always enough, but deeper awareness can create the conditions for emotional flexibility and lasting growth. Therapy is not about becoming a different person. It is about developing a fuller understanding of yourself, your emotional life, and the patterns that may be limiting how you live and relate.
ABOUT ME
I believe therapy is a relational process that combines psychological depth with genuine human connection.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Group Psychotherapist practicing in California.
For more than 15 years, I have worked with individuals, couples, and groups, helping people navigate emotional suffering, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and longstanding relational patterns.
My clinical orientation is relational and depth-oriented, informed by psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking.
I am a Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) through the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA), reflecting a particular commitment to understanding how relational dynamics emerge not only in individual therapy, but within groups and interpersonal life more broadly.
While training and credentials matter, I believe meaningful psychotherapy depends equally on the quality of the therapeutic relationship, emotional honesty, and the capacity to create a space where deeper understanding can emerge.
WHAT I OFFER
Find the support that fits you.
Individual Therapy
One-on-one work to understand patterns, heal old wounds, and live with intention.
Couples Therapy
Rebuild connection, deepen intimacy, and learn to navigate conflict together.
Group Therapy
Shared experience as a path to insight, belonging, and lasting change.
HOW TO BEGIN
A simple way to get started.
Reach out
Send a short message about what's bringing you in. I'll reply within 1–2 business days.
Book your first session
We'll find a time that works for you and schedule your first full session — no separate call needed.
Discover your fit
In that first session, you'll get a real feel for how we work together — and whether it's the right fit.
Take the next step.
For every reason to change, we have two more to resist. Resistance is part of the path. Let me help you start.