Not everything that shapes us is fully visible on the surface.

Presence, attunement, and the experience of being deeply understood can change us.

I'm glad you found me.

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in West Los Angeles, offering in-person sessions in LA and online therapy throughout California.

The way I work is deeply relational, person to person.

I learned early on how to be attuned to others. Part of that is who I am, and part of it was shaped over time.

Growing up as a highly sensitive person, I was continuously aware of other people’s emotions and conflict, often impacted by how people were feeling and reacting around me.

I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area's Silicon Valley, in an immigrant family, and within the expectations of a high-achieving environment. I came to understand academic pressure, responsibility, chronic stress and the messages received about worthiness, performance, and what it means to succeed.

I learned how perfectionism and the pressure to do things right can keep you moving while also coming at a tremendous cost.

My life experiences contribute to the way I understand people and how people adapt.

RETURN

I get it. I’ve walked it.

I’m here, not above you, but beside you.

Humor, curiosity, creativity, and connection to different cultures are important parts of my life. I have a deep love for animals, especially my dog, Frog. I also enjoy traveling, making art, and singing in a choir.

You do not have to filter yourself with me, and you do not have to make your experience smaller. I believe the most significant moments in therapy start when there is enough safety to stop performing and to be vulnerable. I became a therapist to be the person I needed beside me. I notice what is happening, stay with it, and I care deeply about the people I work with.

My commitment to mind and body healing runs deep. This is personal for me, not just something I trained in.

My sensitivity, with all of its challenges, is a meaningful part of how I move around the world and how I am with people. I now bring that into my clinical practice, trainings, and teaching other therapists.

MY PHILOSOPHY

Change happens in connection.

The therapeutic relationship becomes the place where old patterns can be experienced differently by being deeply seen, understood, and responded to with attunement and care.

This is not surface-level work.

Safety is a foundational part of that change. In my view, trauma-informed care means paying close attention to pacing, responses, and the nervous system, so that what is difficult can be approached without overwhelm. I do not believe in pushing past what the body is communicating, as listening to and honoring those limits is essential to healing.

Collaboration is central to the work I do. Therapy is something built together, with ongoing attention to what feels supportive, what feels like too much, and what is emerging in the process.

I work with the awareness that people’s experiences are shaped by systems of power, identity, and context, including culture, race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, immigration experiences, and neurodivergence.

These are not separate from emotional life, but part of it, and they often show up directly in the therapy room.

What matters most to me is creating a space where something real can happen. Not just insight or conversation, but an experience that allows painful experiences to move through, sometimes in ways that have not been possible before.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE & BACKGROUND

Professional Contributions

Clinical Experience

Training & Specialization

Education

M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University Los Angeles

Psychological Trauma Studies specialization

Addiction Studies

California Association for Drug and Alcohol Educators (CAADE)

Media Features

Los Angeles Times

After 25 Years, I Wanted to Quit Drinking and Couldn’t.

Here’s How I Finally Got Sober

InStyle Magazine

The Bars Are Open… Here’s How to Navigate Sobriety Post-Pandemic

EMDR

(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

Level I and II training with consultation through the Institute for Creative Mindfulness

Somatic Experiencing

Advance-year training through Somatic Experiencing International

Somatic EMDR

Advanced training through The Embody Lab

Pain Reprocessing Therapy

Certification and advanced consultation through the Pain Psychology Center

I have extensive experience working in substance use treatment settings across residential, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care at The Pointe Malibu and Camden Center. My work includes individual, family, and group therapy.

I have worked in nonprofit and community mental health settings, including Women’s Clinic & Family Counseling Center and Painted Brain, supporting accessible mental health services.

Additional experience includes facilitating a grief group for adults grieving the death of a parent at Our House Grief Support Center.

I am adjunct faculty at Antioch University Los Angeles, where I teach graduate courses in the Master’s in Clinical Psychology program, including Clinical Practicum and graduate coursework focused on trauma.

I provide trainings and consultation for therapists on trauma, the nervous system, and mind-body approaches to therapy.

I also serve on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT).