Finding Calm, Clarity, and Connection

Therapy for Adults, Teens, and Couples, as well as EMDR and Ecotherapy, in-person in San Francisco and online across California

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My Services

My Approach

If you’ve found your way here, it’s likely that something inside feels heavy or restless- painful thoughts, overwhelming emotions, or patterns that keep you from feeling peace, joy, and connection.

Maybe you're navigating a significant life transition, trying your best to cope with a loss, a career change, a shift in family dynamics, or the end of a relationship. Perhaps you experience persistent anxiety, ruminate on self doubt and regret, or are haunted by painful memories. In an effort to feel better you turn to old adaptive strategies that help in the moment but perpetuate the cycle of unease.

If you’re in a relationship, the tension you’re both feeling may be resulting in mutual reactivity, lack of trust, and exasperating communication. What began as a safe haven in each other is now strained, and you are wondering where things will go.

Whether as an individual or a couple, you want so much to feel connected, calm, and clear, able to cultivate your strengths and feel fulfilled.

Life can be a struggle. You’re doing your best, but everyone needs extra support sometimes. I’m here to help you move through those challenges in ways that lead to insight and growth.

My number one priority is to deeply understand you and your challenges, without judgement and with genuine care. I use powerful, evidence backed brain and body based tools like IFS (Internal Family Systems), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy), mindfulness and Ecotherapy, to move beyond just talking about the pain, and into helping you find specific tools for more calm, clarity, and connection.

If you’re ready to explore your relationship to the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that are driving your well being, I’m here to guide you on that journey. I meet with clients in person in San Francisco and virtually with clients anywhere in California. Complete the form below to book a brief free phone consultation.

About Me

My life-long love of story and character in literature and film feeds into my fascination with the human psyche, and how the stories we tell ourselves become the makeup of our lives. After twenty five years as a film executive, I went back to school and received my MA in counseling psychology from the Wright Institute in Berkeley. I then trained at a number of low fee clinics in the San Francisco Bay area before becoming licensed. I currently work with couples, adults, and older teens using a number of powerful evidence-based approaches including PACT, EFT and EMDR. My therapeutic lens is trauma-informed and heavily influenced by Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Narrative Therapy. Before I became a therapist, I received an MFA from UCLA's School of Film and Television, and a BA from Harvard University.