Services
- Individual
About My Clients
Have you read the trauma books, followed the subject on your socials, and even gone to therapy before, but still feel bad? I use a multiplicity of mind approach to help bring what you know and what you feel together, to get relief and a sense of direction. Multiplicity involves: Building insight Noticing self-states Learning how to attend signals from the body It’s a delicate process, and to get there, you need a trusting and down-to-earth relationship with an experienced therapist
My Background and Approach
“I’ve tried a lot of other types of therapy that haven’t helped…” I hear that a lot when people contact me for therapy. There are a lot of theories out there about what makes therapy successful, but the one common factor backed up by peer-reviewed studies is the therapy relationship. If you have a good relationship with your therapist, the therapy is more likely to work. I start there. I also use Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), a powerful empathetic approach, to help you feel deeply understood at your own pace. I believe we are healthiest when we feel at home with the many thoughts, emotions, contradictions, and internal voices that make us human.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I hold anti-oppressive values and affirm BIPOC, kink-positive, neurodiverse, and 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and communities. My approach integrates insight, creativity, kindness, and evidence-based methods — without allegiance to any single dogma. While my training includes extensive psychoanalytic study and post-graduate training in several modalities, my work has always been guided by a simple question: What actually helps people change and feel more self-actualized? I hold a Certificate in Novel Writing and love writing fiction as a creative practice that deeply informs my therapeutic work — especially in seeing how we reshape narratives and points of view with care. I learned mediation practice with the East Bay Meditation Center, which informs my understanding of mindfulness in mental health, compassion, and community. I continue to work on a low-bono basis with survivors of torture through Survivors of Torture International in San Diego.