About Me
I am a psychotherapist who works with adults and couples seeking depth, seriousness, and lasting change. My approach is grounded in careful listening, sustained relationship, and attention to the emotional and relational patterns that shape how people suffer and how they change.
People often come to me when something feels entrenched—when anxiety, depression, relational conflict, or a sense of stuckness persists despite effort, insight, or prior therapy. My work is oriented not only toward relief, but toward understanding the deeper structures beneath these experiences so that change can take root at a more fundamental level.
I practice from a relational, depth-oriented perspective, informed by contemporary psychoanalytic thinking. This means I pay close attention not only to what is said, but to how experience unfolds over time, including what emerges between therapist and client in the room. Therapy is not a technique applied from the outside, but a collaborative process that develops through trust, curiosity, and sustained engagement.
How I Work
I work actively and responsively. At times this involves reflection, interpretation, or respectful challenge; at other times it means slowing down, allowing uncertainty, and making room for feelings or thoughts that have been difficult to articulate. I am interested in patterns—especially those that repeat despite intention—and in how earlier experiences continue to shape present relationships and choices.
While my work is informed by psychoanalytic traditions, it is not rigid or doctrinaire. I aim to meet each person as they are, at a pace that feels tolerable and meaningful. For some clients, this takes place in weekly therapy; for others, particularly when difficulties feel deeply rooted, we may consider more intensive work.
Who This Work Is For
My approach tends to resonate with people who are psychologically curious, reflective, and willing to look honestly at themselves and their relationships—even when that process is uncomfortable. Many of the people I work with are high-functioning in parts of their lives, yet feel constrained by inner conflict, emotional deadness, or recurring relational struggles.
I also work with therapists and clinicians through supervision and consultation, supporting the development of clinical identity, reflective capacity, and ethical responsiveness over time.
Why This Way of Working?
I understand therapy as a space where something can be held long enough to be known, rather than rushed toward resolution. In my experience, meaningful change emerges not from advice or quick solutions, but from sustained attention to what has been difficult to face alone.
My aim is to offer a relationship that is steady, thoughtful, and alive—one that can support both relief and deeper transformation.
Education and Training
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. My training includes ongoing study in relational and contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy, as well as extensive clinical experience working with adults, couples, and clinicians.
MA Integral Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies
Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis