Hello! Have you tried walk & talk therapy to tackle the mounting depression, anxiety, and stress you feel? If not, I encourage you to reach out. I have found walking and talking is the best way to get clients moving--both literally and figuratively! Research consistently shows that exercise can significantly impact depression, anxiety, and stress. Walking is good for both physical and mental health! For more information, please visit my website to watch a short, informational video about the benefits of walk and talk therapy.

Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, an effective evidenced-based treatment modality, my mission is to guide individuals on the path toward living a balanced life in harmony with the self as well as with others.

Hello and welcome! As a therapist, I view my role as one in which I walk alongside you to help you become the best version of yourself. My approach to therapy is one of compassion, without shame or blame as they are hindrances to healing. I offer acceptance without conditions, a listening ear, and tools to help you experience relief and healing from your burdens. Life can be stressful, and this stress can manifest itself physically, emotionally, and/or spiritually. I can help you to relieve your stress, learn how to successfully cope with adversity, and heal from the negative effects of your life experiences.

My job is to show you how to be happy. This is done with empathy, warmth, and teaching coping skills. Whether you are depressed, struggling with an eating disorder, immobilized with panic attacks or finding your relationships unsatisfying, I can help you have the life you want. You will discover your personal strengths and be able to use them to the fullest. I will be by your side until you have the quality of life you desire. Helping you become whole again is what I do best. My clients exit their therapy as new people. Contact me for more information. When you contact me please leave your name and a short comment on your needs.

Feeling anxious, lost, keyed up and on edge? Having trouble integrating the new norms of the world? Have you been feeling the craziness of the world and need some support navigating the emotional roller coaster and finding balance? Are you looking for a different kind of therapy? Something that will speak to your soul and light you up? Would you like to tap into your innate power to attract emotional balance, success, wealth and healthy relationships?

Are you in a place where you are just not sure how to move forward in the situation you are facing? Have you been recently diagnosed with cancer or another devastating medical diagnosis or grieving the loss of someone who was an important person in your life either through death or the relationship ending? Are you feeling anxious in our current world situation surrounding COVID-19? If so, I would like to offer you hope in the situation you are confronting.

As a Certified Relational Life Therapist, I am passionate about relationships of all kinds! From our relationship with ourselves, family members, parents, children, partners, friends... relationships are the backbone of life. I enjoy working with individuals, families and couples. I work with adolescents (11+) and adults, and have clinical experience treating chronic mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders. My practice includes couples and marriage counseling, working through divorce/separation issues, co-parenting issues, grief and loss, and phase-of-life issues.

Are you the spouse of a law enforcement officer who is constantly caught between needing connection with your partner while also respecting the burdens he carries from his work? Even when your spouse comes home, he’s not fully present with you and your family, remaining distant and hard to connect with. You manage your home, show up to events solo, and endure the ups and downs of shift rotations because you love your partner, but deep down feel resentful that he isn’t available to you the way you need him to be. All of this is just made harder by the unknowns of the job and the anxiety of knowing if he’ll come home at all.

I have over 26 years experience counseling children, teens, and adults. I have always had a passion to help people and my interests and experience as a therapist have led me to working with trauma with individuals of all ages. When a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. Highly emotionally charged experiences become ‘frozen in time’ and are not processed in the usual way. My goal is to help reprocess those events to a resolution that is life-affirming and strength-building.

Now accepting Kaiser insurance. Please email for the fastest response. I have been working with parents in the Sacramento area since graduating from UC Davis with a major in psychology and a minor in human development in 1999. I have since partnered with not only parents, but numerous couples, students, and individuals to decrease anxiety, depression, self-doubt, and relational conflict while advancing toward a life of increased self-esteem, joy, sense of purpose, clarity, connectedness, and life satisfaction.

Are you a woman who is struggling with anxiety, life transitions, grief and loss or depression? Have college, your job, your family, or other relationships been confusing or stressing you? Or are you a therapist or other health professional who just wants a safe place to process? You may feel stuck, and can’t sleep, trying to make sense of your stress, and wondering how to move forward. I’d like to help, via secure teletherapy, online.

In my office I believe in connection and walking along side you during the most difficult, as well as joyful times, in your life. A key component of my therapeutic style is developing an authentic, collaborative, compassionate, and inclusive therapeutic relationship with you. I work to create a safe and non-judgmental space so that you can feel comfortable sharing and working towards your goals.

It is often when we feel the most overwhelmed __ when we have "tried everything we know" to feel better, to make changes, to break out of bad habits or unhelpful behavior patterns __ that we find ourselves the most open to growth and change. This is the purpose of psychotherapy. To provide us with the opportunity to open to the process of self-discovery __ to explore our thoughts, our feelings, and our behaviors and to find or regain our essential wholeness and sense of well-being.

Do you ever feel like simple day to day tasks are more difficult to complete? Maybe you were more social, but now, it feels more comfortable or easier to stay to yourself? Was there a time when you were able to organize your thoughts and feel in control of your emotions, but now you've noticed it's too overwhelming and you feel powerless over your emotions? Have others noticed these changes? These may all be symptoms related to anxiety and depression, but they can also be signs related to trauma. We often think of trauma as single events like an accident or loss of a loved one, or life transitions.

Changes in mood and thinking abilities affect all areas of life including performance at work/ school, relationships, completion of daily tasks, and self-esteem. These changes can be disruptive and hard to accept. I provide a safe space for you to examine your life and help you get to where you want to be. I specialize in working with individuals with anxiety, depression, chronic pain, dementia, stroke, traumatic brain injuries, complex medical diagnoses, and caregiver support issues. My goal is to help you live a full life, whether that is through therapy, education/ consultation, or helping you understand your cognitive strengths/ weaknesses through neuropsychological evaluations.

I provide a wide range of psychotherapy and consultation services in the Sacramento Valley with offices in Davis and Sacramento. For the last 24 years I have been providing psychotherapy services to adults, couples, and adolescents.I have been told I have more post-graduate training than most therapists in research-based practices. By creating a warm, open, safe, and confidential environment, my practice is designed to help you have the right beginning so you can meet your goals. Often patients are not sure what is possible in contemporary psychotherapy. Please call, or click my website above to find out.

Life is about relationships-with people, food, money, work, activities, expectations. Relationships can get complicated or even destructive, and support, encouragement and advice can mean a successful transition through difficult times. In our fast moving world, there are many stressors that get in the way of achieving the happiness we desire, resulting in negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. I have 20+ years of experience assisting youth, adults, families and couples overcome these struggles. Most clients would describe me as easy-going and friendly, and I am focused on creating a treatment experience that fits you as a unique client.

As a therapist, my goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating. While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will uncover long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are," said Carl Jung. This can happen when the relationship between a client and therapist, built upon understanding and support, fosters transformational truths and brings about a fulfilling life. Having a guide who understands life's uncertainty, challenges and hardships provides a safe partnership that encourages self-discovery, builds confidence in intuition and reinforces internal wisdom. It is this type of therapeutic relationship where personal courage is discovered, healing is allowed and authentic living is instilled.

Each individual and family experience is unique. I strive to make therapy safe, welcoming, and focused on your specific needs. I believe in working collaboratively with you to identify and harness personal or family strengths and transform them into practical solutions. I have over 10 years of experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families to address behavioral and relational issues. I utilize a range of approaches including solution-focused, cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, art, and trauma-focused.