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About My Clients
Ever feel like you’re overthinking everything, repeating the same patterns, or struggling to understand your own reactions? Maybe relationships feel complicated, life is moving too quickly, or you’re simply trying to make sense of it all. You don’t need to have the answers. We can slow things down, look beneath the reaction, and figure out what’s happening together.
My Background and Approach
I am a LPCC in California with an MA in Clinical Psychology from CSU Dominguez Hills. I have completed Level 1 training in Restoration Therapy and Internal Family Systems. I bring an MFT-shaped heart to my work, which means I pay attention not only to what is happening within you, but also to the relationships and experiences that shaped how you learned to respond. My approach is collaborative, attachment-focused, and relational. I often work with anxiety, overthinking, boundaries, people-pleasing, recurring relationship patterns, conflict, grief, shame, and self-worth. We may explore the beliefs and protective parts beneath your reactions, understand what they have been trying to do for you, and create more room for intentional responses. I am engaged in the process. I ask questions, notice patterns, and offer gentle challenges when helpful. My training gives us a framework, but it never replaces curiosity about who you are and what you need.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe being human is complicated, contradictory, and not something any of us are meant to do alone. We are shaped by our relationships, families, cultures, communities, and the systems around us. I value curiosity, honesty without shame, and connection that does not require you to make yourself smaller. I believe therapy should honor your autonomy and make room for more than one truth at a time. Outside therapy, I am a mother of dogs, someone who buys too many plants and tries to keep them all alive, and an animal lover with a particular fondness for cows. Caring for living things has taught me that growth needs patience, attention, and the right environment. At the heart of my work is the belief that people make sense in context. Understanding where our patterns came from can create more freedom in how we relate to ourselves and others.