About Me
Welcome. I'm a registered AMFT, depth psychotherapist, and grief counselor based in the San Fransisco Bay Area and practicing remotely throughout California. Scroll below to learn more about my approach, experience, and training.
My Approach
As a psychotherapist, I believe grief and loss to be the undercurrent of life, ever present even if momentarily out of focus. For me, therapy is not about quick solutions or fixing what is "broken," but rather tending to what is deeply human in each of us.
My theoretical approach integrates relational psychodynamic, existential, and feminist frameworks, with sensitivity to the role of the unconscious and the significance of larger systems, culture, power, and oppression on both intrapsychic and interpersonal wellbeing.
At the heart of my work, I carry a deep commitment to uplifting the agency, autonomy, and dignity of each client I meet and work with.
Education & Training
I received my Master's in Counseling Psychology from the Wright Institute in 2023. My clinical training has encompassed multiple environments, including hospital and hospice settings, community mental health clinics, and private practice, where I've worked with individuals, couples, and families navigating a wide variety of complex issues and life challenges.
Prior to the completion of my degree, I also worked as a crisis counselor with BRAVE Bay Area (fka BAWAR) and the Mental Health Association of California, providing trauma-informed disaster response and survivor-centered care.
Working closely with those navigating serious illness, grief, and mortality has deepened my attunement to the existential and spiritual questions of life, as well as the profound ways we search for meaning in times of uncertainty, loss, and change.
In addition to my virtual practice, I currently receive advanced psychodynamic training at The Psychotherapy Institute in Berkeley, where I engage in ongoing consultation.
License
Registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, AMFT 143733 (2023)
Supervised by Ali Vogt, LMFT
Outside of sessions, I find joy in hot cups of coffee, all things music, film, and poetry, journaling morning pages (if you know, you know!) and spending time in nature, hiking and birdwatching, with my beloved Muppet-esque rescue dog, Bernie.
