License Marriage & Family Therapist # 97171

ABOUT ME

Born and raised in the Bay Area I have always appreciated the abundance of natural beauty and progressive culture here. I grew up with a certain freedom to explore the world outside of me and within myself.A dancer in my youth, I was drawn to the Yoga tradition right out of high school and became a yoga teacher before I turned 20. I was intrigued by the potential for consciousness expansion and healing of the mind, body, and spirit. Though mindfulness and physical practices I found emotional and psychological release.After engaging in my community through local social activism, teaching yoga and art, and diving into a somatic therapy training, I returned to college. At UC Berkeley I created a major called Integrative Psychology, which blended my interests in psychology, holistic health, culture and community. I followed that with a Masters in Counseling Psychology at Sonoma State.Since 2010 I've provided direct therapy services in various settings. Between 2014-2019 I held the Executive and Clinical Director roles at a nonprofit mental health training facility that provided free and low-fee counseling in Sonoma County. In 2019 I left the Director position at SOS Community Counseling to build my own practice.

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An Integrative Approach

I use a variety of therapeutic modalities:

To understand each clients needs, I use the following frameworks:

I have experience treating trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression, OCD, among other ailments. I support parents, couples, adults and teens to find clarity, empowerment, and healing through the therapeutic relationship.

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Somatic Therapy

Somatic approaches help:

Somatic interventions include:

I use somatic approaches in my psychotherapy practice under my MFT License for clients who are interested.I also have a separate somatic therapy practice using a treatment called Psychomotoric Therapy, an approach developmed by Dr. Niek Brow of the Netherlands. This method combines talk therapy with physical movements and exercises that stimulate areas of psychological growth and development supporting your personal goals and challenges.

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Couples Therapy

Couples Therapy is helpful at any point in a relationship to make differing needs, expectations and fears visible. From there we can work to cultivate more respect, and trust, which can lead to creative solutions.I work from an attachment lens-
I aim to help you create both safety (attachment) and freedom (autonomy) within the relationship.I take an "ownership" approach-
I encourage each partner to use couples work as an opportunity to grow by identify their role in the dynamics and practicing new approaches.I provide tools-
It's important to have something in your back pocket when friction arises. I teach communication and conflict resolution skills, as well as paying attention to the life cycles of the relationship.

Common Issues Include:

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