Services
About My Clients
Adults navigating trauma, major life transitions, and psychological crises. We work with depth-oriented therapy, with people who are ready to understand themselves, not just manage symptoms. Our clinicians are all doctoral-level and bring cultural background and linguistic range to the work, with services available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Farsi. We see patients across Houston and via telehealth throughout Texas and other states (I'm Psypact-authorized)
My Background and Approach
I hold a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Psychology, and I have over two decades of clinical experience across multiple countries, settings, and levels of care, from community mental health to inpatient treatment and academic institutions. My work is grounded in Lacanian Psychoanalysis, which is such a rich approach for the kinds of questions that bring people to therapy: who they are, what they want, and why the same difficulties keep returning. I am also the Clinical and Training Director of Real Talk Clinical Psychology, a doctoral-level group practice in Houston, and a published author and presenter on psychoanalysis, mental health, and approaches that sit outside the mainstream of psychiatric care. I work with adults in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and I see patients via telehealth throughout Texas and other states.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Therapy is a craft. It requires sustained attention, genuine curiosity, and the willingness to sit with what is uncertain rather than rush toward resolution. I do not think of this work as a set of techniques applied to a list of symptoms. I think of it as a serious, long-term engagement with another person's life, one that asks as much of the clinician as it does of the patient. What changes in therapy is not only what we expect, and the path there is rarely straight. That, to me, is the nature of my work. I have spent over twenty years trying to do it well, and I expect to spend twenty more. You can read more about our approach at www.realtalkpsychology.com/about-us