Welcome. I’m a licensed clinical social worker offering therapy in California and Pennsylvania for individuals and couples. I work with people navigating anxiety, depression, and complex trauma who are wanting to live a richer and less restricted life.
The symptoms and struggles you experience are meaningful, and our work together will be holistic and depth-oriented. Rather than pathologizing what you're experiencing, we listen to and explore what your psyche is communicating to you.
I enjoy working with people who are ready for deep self-exploration and understanding and want to extend that awareness to their relationships in a powerful way. I have specialized training in reproductive mental health and have supported people navigating all stages and transitions of the perinatal period: fertility, pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, birth, and postpartum. I also support people with exploring their decision to be childfree, as well as helping individuals and couples who are transitioning to parenthood.
Many of the folks I work with have a history of navigating difficult familial relationships throughout their lives - dealing with parents with addiction or mental illness, complex immigration histories, and intergenerational trauma can make it hard to build authentic and deep relationships, both with yourself and other people.
Through our time together, I hold space for your uniqueness in a way that supports you in strengthening your relationship with your own mind and body. My goal is to help you manage your internal conflicts to live a more free and enriching life - a second chance at the life that feels most aligned for you.
My approach is relational, psychodynamic, and experiential. I use a variety of gentle yet effective healing-oriented approaches including EMDR and parts work that involve strengthening your internal resources to deal with distress. I also have a certificate in analytical psychology and find that working with the unconscious through dreams, fantasies, and creative expression can be a transformative experience for many of us, especially for artists and creatives of all kinds.
I am passionate about working with people of color, multicultural couples/families, and immigrants/children of immigrants. I am aware and affirming of poly, kink, and LBTQIA+ communities, and have experience working with queer, trans, and neurodivergent folks.
Aside from my work as a therapist, I am trained as a full-spectrum doula and childbirth educator, and as such, I aim to provide accessible, holistic, community-based care for all birthing people and their families, including trans/non-binary people.