Individual Therapy for
California Residents
Developmental trauma therapy that works with the mind, body, and relationship.
My approach is rooted in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), a depth-oriented, somatically informed approach to developmental trauma.
We pay attention not only to what happened in your life, but to how those experiences may still be shaping your relationship with yourself and others.
I'm an active, engaged therapist. I bring warmth, curiosity, clinical precision, and a willingness to explore difficult things without rushing to resolve them.
We aren't working toward a version of you that I think you should become. We're making room for you to discover what you want for yourself, and what may be getting in the way.
How I Work
Some of the ways we learned to protect ourselves developed long before we had words to understand what was happening. These patterns can become so familiar that even when we recognize them intellectually, we may find ourselves responding in the same old ways.
This is why my work is experiential and present-focused. Our sessions are conversations, but we're not only talking about your life. We use mindful, somatic awareness to notice what's happening as we talk.
I might reflect a shift in your voice when you describe something painful, or ask what happens inside when you consider wanting something different for yourself. We might explore a feeling that surprises you, or become curious about something happening between us in the room.
I work actively and collaboratively. I'll ask questions, offer observations, and sometimes challenge the ways you understand yourself. But our work is guided by what feels meaningful and important to you.
Cancer, Genetic Risk, and the Emotional Side of Medicine
Genetic testing. Cancer surveillance. Surgery. Fertility decisions. Caregiving. Treatment. Living with the knowledge of what might happen, or making sense of what already has.
Medicine can help you understand your risks and options. But what about everything that comes up inside you along the way?
The grief, anger, fear, relief, and impossible questions about your body, your relationships, and your future. You can leave an appointment with a clear medical plan and nowhere to put the emotional weight of it all.
This is a place to bring that part of your experience, too. Not to be talked out of your feelings or steered toward the right decision, but to have room to be a whole person in the middle of it.
When Competence Isn’t the Same as Freedom
Many of the people I work with hold a lot of responsibility.
You read rooms quickly. You anticipate needs. You may have become so practiced at attending to everyone else that it's difficult to recognize what you need or want for yourself.
Sometimes anxiety, irritability, numbness, or exhaustion become part of the picture. Sometimes you simply realize that being capable hasn't necessarily meant feeling free.
Therapy isn't about breaking you open.
It's about creating enough safety, curiosity, and room to slow down and listen to yourself. To become more aware of the ways you've learned to protect yourself, without treating those adaptations as something wrong with you.
Beginning Therapy
You don't need to arrive with a clear understanding of what's happening or what you want to change.
Our first conversation is an opportunity to talk about what brings you here, what you're hoping for, and whether my approach feels like a good fit.
I offer individual psychotherapy to adults throughout California.
Let’s talk about what’s bringing you here