The pain that brings one to seek counseling is often the gift that causes us to grow and gain a deeper understanding of ourselves. This personal growth and new understanding often lead us to find greater joy in our relationships and happiness in life.

If you’re considering individual therapy or counseling, you’ve taken the first step in your healing. I can help you navigate through stressful times to create more balance, harmony, and fulfillment in your life. When a sense of overwhelm continues to impact your daily life and/or negatively impact important relationships, there’s no need to feel defeated or alone. It’s okay to ask for help. Individual therapy is a safe place that’s free of judgement, where you can explore difficult issues or concerns. In therapy you can work through challenges that are either due to recent events or are more long-standing.

I will work collaboratively with you, at the pace that is comfortable for you, helping you to create the life you prefer. My style is empathic, supportive, interactive, relational, and heart-centered. Through fostering insight and psychological flexibility, I will help you to gain more self-awareness, draw on the strengths that you possess, and come back to yourself - so that you can make more conscious decisions and commit to actions that align with your values.

Sometimes therapy is focused on specific steps and goals, and other times clients may be looking to be heard and witnessed without the need for clear outcomes. I will respectfully and confidentially assist you through your personal growth process.

One of the most important relationships in life can also be one of the most challenging. Whether you are engaged, considering marriage, newly married, or in a long-term relationship, couple’s therapy can provide an opportunity to explore difficult issues together. Frequent conflict and communication struggles can create disconnection and distance. Without effective skills, problems can worsen and couples may feel distressed in their relationships. When couples are having challenges —and feeling stuck in negative cycles— couples therapy can help.

Couples often say that they want close, intimate relationships. However, intimacy isn’t something that is naturally built into relationships. It’s something couples consciously create. Part of creating this intimacy is a willingness to be vulnerable, empathetic, show up honestly, and hold yourself accountable. This may seem easier said than done. I can assist you along the path towards fostering these skills and creating an intimate and fulfilling relationship that lasts.

The focus of Couples Therapy is to provide a setting in which both partners can feel safe to vulnerably explore their feelings and work together to reach a deeper understanding of each other’s’ needs. Couples can learn to skillfully and honestly assert their own needs while, at the same time, honoring their partner’s needs. You will be able to build intimacy and connection without sacrificing each of your individual identities.

My role is to align myself with each participant in the therapy session and collaborate with all to promote the health of the relationship(s). In effect, my "client" is the relationship itself. My goal is to support clients so that they are heard and valued. I can help clients become fully aware of the unique patterns they get stuck in. We collaborate to reveal the often subconscious ways negative cycles are perpetuated and find ways to break these destructive patterns together, replacing them with new, healthier more adaptive ways of relating to each other.

Teletherapy, also known as online therapy, telemental health, e-therapy, or video therapy, is therapy delivered through a virtual platform via a computer. Sessions work much the same way as traditional therapy sessions with only one significant difference – the therapist and the client are not in the same room. I use the same traditional techniques and activities as I use in a face-to-face therapy session.

There seems to be a false opinion that teletherapy isn’t as good as traditional face-to-face therapy, but in our digital world, it can be a very positive and effective solution for many people.

You must reside in California, the state within which I am practicing. If you would like to explore this option, please inquire and we will discuss if this is right for you.

This is a session that we will conduct while walking together in an agreed upon outdoor location. If you would like to explore this option, please inquire and we will discuss if this is right for you.