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My style as a therapist is best described as engaged, warm, nonjudgmental and creative. I strive to offer a space in which you will feel that anything can be talked about and expressed — nothing is too small or too big. Through our work together you will grow in your ability to tolerate and move through difficult emotions, find meaning in your experiences and relationships and cultivate an inner resilience and flexibility in thinking.
My approach to therapy is informed by contemporary psychoanalytic theory and technique, attachment theory, trauma studies and mindfulness. I also draw on systems thinking to help build understanding of how your experiences may be shaped by generational trauma and societal structures. Through our work together you will be empowered to consider the way past and present relationships orient the way you move through the world so that you may grow in your ability to foster the life you desire for yourself.
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I am a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (#139200). I hold a Master’s of Arts in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles, where I focused my studies in Spiritual and Depth Psychology coursework.
I trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at Valley Community Counseling Clinic (VCCC). While at VCCC I actively participated in a Culture and Psychoanalysis Lab and a Queer and Trans Affirming Supervision Group. I offer a culturally sensitive approach to psychoanalytic psychotherapy and consistently seek learning opportunities in cultural competence.
In addition to my work in private practice, I have experience working in elementary schools to support students with their social and emotional learning curriculum.
I continue to learn and grow as a clinician through membership or coursework at the Los Angeles Institute and Society of Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS), the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT), the William Alanson White Institute (WAWI), the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA), and Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA).
I have prior training in yoga and breathwork facilitation, and I draw on this experience to inform the way I see the body and the mind as intimately linked.