Individual Therapy for California Residents
Most people who arrive here aren’t confused about whether something is off.
They already know.
The common thread isn’t diagnosis, identity, or job title.
It’s this:
you didn’t choose what your body had to adapt to — and you’ve been living with the consequences ever since.
When the Medical Part Is “Over,” But You’re Not
For many people, medical trauma doesn’t register as trauma at all.
You did the research.
You made the choices.
You showed up for everyone else at the same time.
And once the crisis passed, life demanded you move on.
What didn’t get space was what it cost your nervous system to live with uncertainty, invasive procedures, loss of bodily control, or the quiet awareness that your body could betray you again.
For survivors, this can show up long after treatment ends — as exhaustion, vigilance, numbness, anxiety, or difficulty trusting your body and desires.
For previvors, it often lives in the space between nothing is wrong and everything has changed — grief without permission, fear without an endpoint, and pressure to feel grateful instead of honest.
None of this means you’re weak or doing it wrong.
It means something unfinished is still living in your body.
When the Train Won’t Stop
Some people reach out while they’re still in it.
Appointments stacked back-to-back.
Decisions that can’t wait.
Other people watching you for cues.
A system that moves forward whether or not you’re ready.
There’s no pause to ask how you feel — because if you stop to feel, it seems like everything will collapse.
This is especially true for people navigating genetic testing, surveillance, surgeries, fertility decisions, caregiving, or treatment planning while still working, parenting, or leading.
The overwhelm isn’t just emotional.
It’s neurological.
Therapy, here, isn’t about slowing the outside world down.
It’s about connecting to something inside you — an inner voice that knows how to live between active creation and surrender to what we can’t control — without hardening, disconnecting, or disappearing.
This is a space where you get to sort out what you want to reach for, what you want to let go of, and what you want to protect.
When There Is No Perfect Choice
Many people I work with are navigating medical decisions where there is no clearly “right” answer.
They’re weighing risk against quality of life.
Autonomy against responsibility.
Survival percentages against identity, fertility, sexuality, or a sense of self.
You may be choosing not to do the most aggressive or most medically “safe” thing — and carrying guilt, fear, or judgment because of it. Or you may have made decisions quickly, under pressure, and only later realized how little space there was to truly consent.
This work makes room for the conversations that rarely happen out loud: about feminism and medicine, body autonomy, grief, anger, relief, ambivalence, and the emotional cost of having to decide at all.
You won’t be coached toward the “right” choice here.
You’ll be met with respect for your intelligence, your values, and the complexity of the position you’re in.
Instead, we start to unwind:
How your body learned to stay alert, controlled, or disconnected
What you had to suppress in order to function, lead, or survive
How those same adaptations may now be costing you energy, intimacy, or peace
This work is especially resonant for people who intellectually understand stress, burnout, and health — and are finally ready to feel where it lives in their body and do something about it.
Not optimize it.
Not power through it.
Actually change it.
This is not talk therapy for the sake of talking.
My work is depth-oriented and body-aware, but grounded and direct.
We don’t spend sessions analyzing your childhood unless it actually matters.
We don’t pathologize resilience.
We don’t rush healing, either..
If you’re here, something in you already knows:
You don’t have to keep being “fine.”
You don’t have to do this alone.
What makes this work possible
This work isn’t about “fixing” you or reframing your story into something inspirational.
It’s about helping your system complete what it had to interrupt — so you can live with more presence, agency, and depth.
Over time, clients often notice:
A calmer, more regulated body
More access to emotion without overwhelm or shutdown
Stronger boundaries without guilt
Increased intimacy and honesty in relationships
A return of energy, pleasure, and a sense of being fully alive.