About me
I am originally from San Francisco and I feel most at home along the California coast. I love slow mornings, long walks, being in the ocean and living life with loved ones.
Before I became a therapist I worked in marketing and sales at Pinterest and a digital advertising start-up in San Francisco. That season of my life, followed by a shift to pursue a path in holistic psychotherapy, has helped give me perspective and understanding for the opportunities, challenges and crossroads that many of my clients face.
Whatever brings you here now, I trust the wisdom in your timing. I am so grateful to be with my clients on their healing journeys and I look forward to meeting you too.
I believe that the therapeutic relationship is sacred and I welcome women of all races, ethnicities, religions, cultures, countries of origin, sexualities and gender expressions in my practice.
How I work
I approach all facets of my work intuitively, while integrating holistic and humanistic approaches to psychotherapy. This means that as I hold the professional container and guide the therapeutic process, I also show up as myself.
As a therapist, my training and roots are in mindfulness-based, relational and somatic (mind-body) modalities, though I always center and adjust to your unique needs and our individual relationship.
As a therapist, guide, writer and creative, I am committed to my own inner work, including examining the ways in which my own culture and privilege impacts our process together. I strive to offer you culturally and identity affirming care.
Education and experience
M.A., Somatic Psychology, CIIS, 2021
B.S., Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2013
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, 2016
I have been practicing holistic psychotherapy for over six years and I specialize working with highly sensitive women.
In addition to my formal education and training, I draw from various teachers over the years (including clients!), spiritual practices, and nature. My own healing journey also greatly impacts my work as a holistic psychotherapist.
Training
Early Relational Trauma
Relational Somatic Healing - Developmental Map: Character, Movement and Human Development & Foundations of RSH: The Art of Healthy Relating
Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy - Level 1
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy - Level 1
Anxiety and OCD
OCD Training School - Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) Basic Training (in progress)
NOCD Academy - Fundamentals of Exposure-Based Therapy for OCD and Anxiety Disorders; OCD Subtypes: Identification and Treatment; Treatment Strategies for Perfectionism and OCD & Understanding ‘Pure O’ in OCD
Alegra Kastens, LMFT- Mastering Mindfulness for OCD, Unpacking Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
Ongoing Study and Consultation
Additional training and webinars on sensitivity, sociocultural humility, anti-racism, complex grief, perfectionism, perinatal mental health and integrating parts with Janina Fisher, Ph.D using IFS-informed TIST.
Ongoing consultation with like-minded clinicians.