I am glad you are here!
I came to this work through my own personal and professional evolution.
I grew up in an environment filled with love and connection, but also where people had a great deal of unprocessed grief and trauma. Feelings were often expressed in extremes – either unregulated or silenced and ignored. My response was to absorb a lot and become vigilant at reading emotional nuances— all in an attempt to make sense of the unspoken.
My curiosity about the human condition guided me towards my passion for psychology, the exploration of the unconscious and a desire to help people more deeply understand themselves. I am grateful for those early lessons, even the painful ones, because they ignited my interest in helping people, while also recognizing my own need for healing and repair.
I have been working as a psychotherapist in private practice for over 25 years. I value a client-centered approach, where I tailor the sessions to address the unique needs of each person.My office is located in Los Angeles, where I live with my family and a variety of oversized and adorable dogs.
I welcome you to reach out to me to discuss your unique circumstances – I hope that I can assist.
I am flexible with in-person or virtual therapy, or a hybrid of both.
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become”
It is possible for you to experience freedom from what you believe may be limiting you
Perhaps you have read all the books, listened to the endless advice from well-meaning loved ones, and tried to make changes on your own…but you still don’t feel like you have the clarity or tools you are seeking.
It may be time to try a new approach and take a fresh look at the issue. The human spirit is immensely powerful. At our core, we know our true wants and needs, but we may have temporarily turned away from that knowing, or have become so overburdened with the chaos of our lives, that we no longer know how to access the path towards the life we want and deserve.
Therapy is a unique opportunity to understand yourself more completely and compassionately. Together, we will expand your awareness of your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs so that you can use them as a guide to lead you to the choices that reflect your core values and desires.
My Background
For 25 years I have worked in private practice and have helped hundreds of diverse individuals, couples, and families identify the source of their physical and emotional challenges to create lasting change.
I have an interactive, collaborative and solution-focused approach, using various methodologies to help my clients understand their feelings and build on their strengths to achieve meaningful personal growth and healing.
Through compassion and commitment, I bring curiosity and humanity to the work that I love.
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I have a Bachelors Degree in Child Development and a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology. During my graduate program, I worked at Cedar Sinai’s Thalians Mental Health Center and The Julia Ann Singer Center, where I learned a multicultural approach to treating children and families seeking help managing issues related to learning disabilities, autism, trauma, and substance use. While working towards my professional licensure, I interned at The Maple Counseling Center of Beverly Hills, where I continued my pursuit of assisting children and families. This work primarily involved counseling parents and kids facing academic and social challenges, anxiety, depression, and drug abuse. I also lead therapy groups for primary and secondary school students, providing a safe place for them to explore personal struggles.
One of the other focal points in my career as a therapist has been counseling women and families facing the chaos and anguish that can surround the hope to build a family. While I am now a grateful mother of three adult children, I experienced miscarriages and infertility on my own heartbreaking journey to conceive at a time when there was a deep void and stigma surrounding perinatal mental health. Shortly after my first child was born, I suffered profound postpartum anxiety. It was challenging to find meaningful intervention, but once I did, I began to heal. This journey awakened me to the inadequacies surrounding mental health care for people struggling with perinatal distress and inspired me to be of service to those in need within this community.
I continue to be deeply passionate about supporting folks dealing with the challenges that arise when trying to build a family. Sometimes that happens with the assistance of infertility treatments or adoption. I have been honored to work intimately, along with licensed adoption specialists, with both adoptive parents and birth mothers who make the choice to make an adoption plan for their baby. This work has been incredibly rewarding and inspiring.
I am a lifelong learner and a voracious reader. I believe that psychotherapy and mental wellness can be augmented through creating a deeper understanding about the interconnectedness of the mind, body and soul. In addition to traditional psychotherapy, and for those who are interested, I love utilizing various types of ideologies and interventions, which include exercise, spirituality, unhealed intergenerational trauma, somatic experience, nutritional psychology and meditation.
I am grateful to have an opportunity to do the work that I love and help people heal. It is an enormous privilege and adventure.
My Specialties
How can I best support you?