Bisexual Therapists in Culver City, CA

I believe the most important factors in the therapeutic relationship are compassion, acceptance, and collaboration. Through this type of relationship, I will create an environment where you feel safe and understood, and therefore ready to make effective change. My approach to therapy is strength- based and I will combine psychotherapy interventions with practical and personalized approaches to help you meet your unique needs. My therapy practice is based in the strongest research as well as specialized training in evidence based treatments.

Psychotherapy has the greatest impact when it is collaborative, interactive, and trauma-informed. I provide a safe, empowering space where we can slow down & untangle the messiness of being a human. Some of the goals of our work together will include: managing stressors, breaking old patterns, setting healthy boundaries, and weathering the upsets of life through mindfulness, co-regulation, and self-compassion. Therapy is about connecting to your strengths and learning how to integrate your experiences, including your traumas, into a healed, authentic sense of self. I am trained in attachment-focused EMDR & the Hakomi method.

Does anxiety, fear, sadness, grief, confusion, helplessness, anger, or shame overwhelm you? Maybe a recent loss or previous trauma affects the way you are coping. Perhaps you struggle to navigate your emotions, thoughts, behaviors, or relationships. Let me help you find meaning, patterns, and ultimately relief, with compassion, insight, and tools to heal. Through this process, I hope you will find a greater sense of calm, clarity, and agency.

We’re finding ourselves living in a fragmented world, trying to hold it together when the nature of things is to fall apart. How can we feel whole within so much fragmentation? The big questions arise: Who am I now? What matters to me? How do I enliven myself within these restrictions? We are all grieving, mourning lost friends, illusions of safety, illusions of control and predictability, opportunities gone that will never return. Are you sadder? Sadder and wiser but more adrift? Are past traumas holding you back? Right now is the time to get more support as you grapple with your life's meaning and purpose.

I offer in person, outdoor garden sessions and do phone when needed. I laugh a lot with my clients and even though sometimes the work can be painful, my clients usually begin to feel better and keep coming. I work well with creative people, BIPOC, and across the spectrums of straight to LBGTQ - and mono to poly. With specializations in Psychoanalytic, and Jungian therapy, I also draw on mindfulness and narrative approaches to help you thrive. I collaborate with your highest functioning self to support your confused, critical, scared young parts. The psyche is resilient and thrives on love and therapeutic attention.

I believe there is opportunity for healing within the suffering we experience. Psychotherapy can be a way to look directly at what is happening and how it impacts you. I think it is in this looking that growth and change happens. I welcome diversity and practice from a client-centered, trauma-informed, and anti-racist approach. I primarily provide services to: LGBTQIA+ identified adults and allies; therapists, medical providers, healers, coaches, activists, and educators; people wanting their spiritual, plant and psychedelic medicines, rituals, ceremonies, and sacred experiences to be more integrative in their lives.

I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Doctor of Holistic Life Coaching and Spiritual Counseling in private practice in Los Angeles, Ca.

What does it look like to live your best, most authentic life? It can be hard to love yourself when you aren’t sure who you are anymore, or what you want in life. Maybe you never knew because all the other voices and opinions were too loud. Maybe you feel like you’re stumbling around in a dark room, fumbling for a light switch, and both you and your bruised shins are ready for a change. My goal will be to help you figure out what you want and what you need, on your own terms – untangle the lies you've told yourself for too long. Together, we will get to know the real you and help you fall in love with the beautiful person you are.

Does it feel like something is off in your life? Maybe you have reached major milestones, or established a successful career, but still question your sense of self and self-worth. Sometimes our past experiences are influencing the way that we relate to ourselves, and others. If you are curious to make those connections, and create new ones, I can help.

Your child is a source of light. But perhaps you've noticed their light has dimmed recently and you feel concerned. Perhaps your teen is falling behind in school, having difficulty connecting with their friends, or experiencing confusion as they explore their gender identity. Your young child may be having anger outbursts or challenges with their behavior at home. Adjusting to the ever-changing COVID-19 lifestyle might be causing worries and changes in mood or personality. Or your child might have experienced a major stressor like divorce, a death in the family, or even a traumatic event like a car accident or an act of violence.

Are you looking to remove the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving well-being and live your most authentic and connected life? In the work with clients, it is my job to support you or your loved ones through a supportive and empathic therapeutic relationship. Whether you are coming in to process a relationship, attachment/developmental trauma, increased anxiety or depression or struggling with life transitions, I am here to help and provide you with a safe space to reach your personal goals.

I work with adult individuals and couples using "parts-work" and somatic approaches such as EMDR and other trauma-focused modalities to address symptoms such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, difficulty with setting boundaries and chronic shame. You might have tried "talk-therapy" or EMDR and found those to be helpful yet are still struggling with some of the same symptoms you'd come to therapy for. I can help you with that! Through working on integrating all of your "parts," you can come to experience more ease and a sense of internal coherence that in turn supports you in making some of the changes that you're longing for.

I am passionate about the resiliency of the human spirit in healing from trauma, creating and nurturing engaging relationships, and finding our way through life’s transitions. I view therapy as a tool to create a safe space to show up authentically and work toward living the life you seek. My work is with children (10 & up), teens, adults, & couples who are healing from trauma, working on identity, body image, and self-esteem, experiencing anxiety, depression, & stress, recovering from narcissistic, sexual, or domestic abuse, having difficulty with dating & relationships, & working through divorce, co-parenting, & blending families.

I possess a passion for helping others along their life's journey. In my work, I arrive with sincerity, humility, optimism, and professionalism. My purpose is to hold a safe space--- removed of judgment and bias--- in order to facilitate healing, growth and transformation, so one can fulfill their life's purpose. I serve infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations through an intersectional approach to client-centered, strengths-based, trauma-informed, culturally-attuned, evidence-based, psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapeutic interventions. Individual, couples, and family therapy available.