If you're feeling the weight of life's challenges, experiencing a general sense of dissatisfaction or struggling to find a balance in your life, I'd like to offer my support. Creating a time and space to focus on you is a great first step to increasing satisfaction and happiness. With a holistic based training, I will work with you to see with new perspectives and new possibilities. Everyone's path in life is unique, and together we can explore what is right for you, to improve your connections both with others and with yourself.

This defines my view of being a therapist: "One of the greatest privileges of the human being is to become a midwife to the birth of the soul of another person. This is what therapy is about: helping people retrieve what has been lost to them, wakening and bringing home their fundamental wholesomeness” (from Plato's Symposium). John O’Donohue continues: “Therapists are like poets: they draw on the power of words in the profoundly creative work of bringing people fully alive to themselves, awakening in them the human capacity for divine imagination that ‘dreams our completion’.”

Therapy offers a safe support system as you navigate some of life's more difficult challenges. Are you seeking therapy for problems including relationship issues, trauma, depression/anxiety, grief over any type of loss, chronic illness, divorce, retirement or even facing mortality? As your therapist, I will help you process events and relationships, both current and past, that influence your current challenges. Therapy is a collaborative effort and not a quick fix. Along with empathy, I offer a safe and supportive environment to discuss your concerns and take progressive steps toward adaptation and acceptance to enhance your life.

It takes courage to reach out for support. Often people reach out when their usual strategies to manage their life fail, and they feel stuck. Are you feeling like you can't think or talk your way out of your unhappiness? The role of the therapist is as a facilitator or guide to help you identify the patterns that are no longer working for you, and develop strategies to heal and change. I will work with you to develop a plan in therapy that meets your individual needs and goals. My style is to give a combination of compassion, honest feedback, non-judgment, humor, and warmth.

Life is a challenge...even if you don't have any major problems. When you experience one or more additional stressors, such as relationship issues with a child/partner, challenges with blending families, job, financial, health, mood, legal, or ex-partner issues, you might find yourself struggling to keep your sanity at times or realize that you are not living up to your potential. If you wish to feel more full-filled emotionally, physically, mentally, professionally, spiritually and/or in your relationships, I can help you explore which changes could be helpful to reach that goal or what is causing you to stay stuck and in pain.

Your being on this site reflects your hope that at a time of vulnerability your can find someone who will assist and accompany you through your pain. I believe that everyone, no matter if they are dealing with depression, anxiety, or have been through intense abuse and/or neglect have within them a deeper part of themselves that is untouched and whole. Together we alleviate shame, fear and aloneness so that you can go beyond your defenses, explore your inner life and have new experiences that allow for your ability to tap into your healing and adaptive aspects of yourself.

Do you have trouble feeling connected with others? Are you a perfectionist and often "too hard" on yourself and/or others? Are you unhappy, even if you think you "shouldn't" be? Do you suffer from imposter syndrome (the feeling that you aren't actually as good/smart/ capable as others believe you are or you "pretend" to be)? Do you feel overwhelmed by emotions or have you "turned feelings off" because they used to be so overwhelming? Do you think too much? Are you "too" sensitive or intense?

Although most people are depressed or angry at times, they generally find a way to deal with the situation. There are times, however, when a person loses hope or is overwhelmed. They or others decide they might use some help. Sometimes a woman or a man decides that they would like to adjust their life style and emphasize their sense of self. If you work in Silicon Valley, I can use my experience in industry to help you unblock your potential and design effective strategies for greater satisfaction. If you seek spiritual depth, my years as a guide may help unfold meaning.

Adults, children and couples seek my psychotherapy services for a variety of reasons including feeling stuck, anxious, or sad. My clients have reported that they know themselves more deeply and that they experience more fulfilling and meaningful lives through our work together.

*Available appointment times are on Mondays and Tuesdays and select Friday evenings and weekends** My ideal client is seeking a coach that will be their committed supporter in helping them live their best life. Exploration of our past and how we feel in the moment will provide us with valuable insight and an impetus to move forward. This client seeks to develop a new and healthy outlook to successfully dealing with inevitable issues with a positive and proactive approach.

I provide a warm and understanding atmosphere without judgment and pressure. Our work together is going to be about you and for you. I am not here to tell you what to do but allow you to become the owner of your life and regain the power of choice. You will be invited to explore through using traditional means of therapy(talk therapy) or more creative ways such as drama and expressive arts therapy. The choice will be yours and completely based on your level of comfort. I will be here to set up the creative stage for you to shine, cry, laugh, change and grow.

I take an open-minded, compassionate, and integrated approach to therapy. I will listen closely to your concerns, and will work diligently with you to achieve the goals and insights that you care most about. With adults, I specialize in depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and incorporating spirituality into treatment. With couples, I specialize in intimacy issues, conflict resolution, and parenting concerns. I am available for counseling in-person as well distance therapy (via phone or secure video conference).

Do you find yourself having the same conversation with your partner and getting nowhere? Do you have changes you want to make but don't know where to start? Do you have addictions or patterns of behavior that you would like to change? Are you down, frustrated, tired, depressed, angry, sad? Are you in transition and need help sorting things out? Do you need help in communicating with a family member or friend? Are you unhappy with your initmate relationship, or want to explore new things? Do you experience shame or guilt related to your sexuality and unspoken desires? Are you wondering "Is there more to life?"

When people make a choice to utilize therapy to change their lives, I believe there is no greater gift they can give themselves. I am so lucky to have made helping people change their lives into my full time career.

Relationships can be the most rewarding and the most frustrating thing in our lives. When going well, you feel great. When there is conflict you are at a loss. You may find yourself struggle with a partner or parent, your children or co workers, we can ask the same questions. How do you manage your needs with someone else's? Do you even know what your needs are? How do you communicate with kindness and compassion, yet feel liberated to express what you truly feel? When you are overwhelmed do you find yourself running away or run after the person? These questions and more are the ones to ask.

During the current public health crisis, when so many aspects of our lives have been upturned, I can offer you compassionate therapeutic support. I am currently working via phone and video sessions (FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom) to help diverse individuals navigate both old and new challenges, including social isolation, relationship tensions, creative blocks, economic distress, and survival fears. In addition, I am talking with clients about beginning to try to make some meaning out of this unprecedented global phenomenon. I welcome your email or call, and look forward to talking about how I might be able to help.

In transition? Dealing with depression and anxiety? Recovering from trauma? Relationship stress? My warm and personal approach to the issues you bring forward will support you in developing your own resources and resilience in facing life's challenges. The answers you seek lie within--it's my job to help you connect with your inner wisdom and design the life you want. Together we invoke your personal courage to support your life's journey. As an ally and guide, I am here to help you on the path to a more fulfilling and inspiring life.

If you're looking for support for PTSD, trauma, anxiety, OCD, stress, body/health issues, or transitions you're in the right place. My clients are curious, growth-oriented people who seek deep healing and lasting change. They want a therapeutic experience that offers more than traditional talk therapy. I offer a straightforward, insight, and action-oriented approach with the intention of teaching you how to help yourself and ultimately sustain growth and progress.

In the process of growing up, children can experience difficulty coping at home, school, with divorce, trauma, or loss. Families choose to come to therapy for a variety of reasons, including self growth and increased awareness. Common issues of concern are: depression, anxiety, conflict in relationships, and life transitions. I offer a heart-centered approach to healing. Are you ready to make a change? If so, please call me today to set up a confidential appointment.

Imagine; you are able to shift harsh self criticism, insecurity, people pleasing, perfectionism, impostor syndrome, codependency, & feeling “stuck” in one or more areas of life. You can finally experience self love and acceptance, fulfilling intimacy, great health, & the ability to enjoy your achievements. You unapologetically set limits &boundaries that are in support of your needs & desires, & let yourself rise into a life where you actually have everything you want because you know in your bones just how worthy you are.