About Me.

My life has been deeply transformed by receiving good therapy, and that is the biggest reason why I do this work. I’ve had some difficult experiences in my own life, but have come to realize that my pain is always lighter when I have a trusted person to share it with. I am very happy with the life I have built for myself in the present.

My identities include being queer, cisgendered, female, and neurodivergent. I grew up as part of a working-class family, here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I am aware of the position of privilege I hold as a white person, and am working to unlearn the unconscious biases I was taught. Prior to becoming a therapist, I was a social worker supporting clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities in health care and social services.

My clients have described me as being supportive, empathetic, reliable, and truly invested in their wellbeing. They have mentioned that I make them feel safe, that I can bring humor into our work, and that I am engaged and active as a therapist.

Experience

Trainings, certifications, and work experience

Integral Counseling Psychology, MA—California Institute of Integral Studies

Introduction to Gestalt Therapy—Gieve Patel, MA, LMFT

Advanced Gestalt Therapy—Gieve Patel, MA, LMFT

Introduction to Hakomi—Gal Szekely, MA, LMFT

Multicultural Counseling—Leticia Brown, MA, LMFT, PhDc

Transpersonal Psychology—Chelsea True, MA, LMFT

Sex Therapy—Julia Simone Fogelson, LCSW, CST

Child Therapy—Kini Chang, LMFT

Couples Counseling—Stephanie King PsyD

Family Therapy—Nancy Arvold, PhD, LMFT

Practicum Training in Gestalt Psychotherapy—Church Street Integral Counseling Center (1 year)

Psychedelic Integration Training—Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold, LMFT (Director of Psychedelic Facilitation at TrPR/UCSF)

Introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy training—Jennifer Bury, CMT, Certified Trainer/Supervisor in DSP™

Couples, Families, & Systems using Cape Cod Model of Gestalt—Gieve Patel

Gestalt Therapy for Children & Adolescents Training—Lynn Stadler, LMFT, Oaklander Model Trainer

Group Facilitation

Led online support group for people building support systems early in Covid 19 pandemic - TMAPS (Transformative Mutual Aid Practices)
Co-facilitated groups for white people unlearning racism - UER (United to End Racism)

Other Trainings

Working with Suicide and Suicidal Ideation—Steven Tierney, LPCC
Spiritual Emergency and other Extraordinary Experiences—Kyle Buller, LPCC
Introduction to Neurolinguistic Programming—NLP Institute of Marin
Theory of Mind—Kurt Wagner, MA, PhD, LMFT