It is easier to cope when someone who cares is listening.
About
My practice involves tailoring therapeutic goals that are sensitive to each individual. I provide compassionate and effective psychotherapy, consultation and assessment for adults, couples, and children.
I earned my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the Unversity of California, Berkeley. My doctoral research investigated the link between language and feelings. My clinical training includes pre- and post-doctoral internships at the UCSF Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, the UC Davis Medical Center, and the Veterans Administration Health Care System. I practice across the life span and across cultures. I believe there is more in the human condition that draws us together than pulls us apart.
My approach to psychotherapy brings a science-based, open-minded, and wholehearted perspective that nurtures growth and fosters health. My method of therapy is informed by developmental psychology and psychodynamic theory. As a research-trained psychologist, I integrate research findings into my clinical practice. Emotions are how our hearts speak to us and tell us what choices to make. Psychotherapy can empower us to improve our resiliency and find what is most important in our lives. It can ease suffering, illuminate strategies that lead to solutions, capture the imagination, and promote positive change. Building upon core strengths and a tangible sense of hope allows us to find resourcefulness, discover new capacities, increase our self-understanding, and embrace life more fully.
If you need support with relationships, life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, self-criticism, social inhibition, emotional trauma, health challenges, abuse, or neglect, please contact me.
