My approach to therapy might be a little different than others. Solutions and outcomes are important - we come to therapy to feel and see change. Yet, how I get there involves a deeper dive - an understanding, communing with the places in ourselves we may want to otherwise avoid.

Individual Therapy

I am a humanistic transpersonal Gestalt therapist and use somatic (how, what and where you are feeling) and parts theories (identifying, acknowledging and welcoming the different parts of us) to approach our work together. My style is creative, direct and intimate.

I am and offer connection radically free of judgment that is both welcoming and accepting of the parts of you that may feel too dark or difficult to deal with or talk about. I believe we heal in connection and that our life experiences (all of them) are what makes us a unique force of nature. There is nothing too deep, heavy or taboo that I can’t hear from and hold with you. Together we can unpack, process and release what no longer serves you at a pace that is safe and supportive. In this journey I think you will find that next to our deepest fears or challenges lies resilience and agency. I want to help you sit with all of you and experience what it is like to feel what you are - whole, valuable and loved.

Areas of Focus:

Self esteem, shame and shadow work (perfectionism, constant striving/production, rumination, dark or intruding thoughts)
Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
Identity - Queer emergence, transition, reclamation
Inter - Generational trauma

Relationships

I enjoy and have extensive experience working with novelty, emergence, transition, betrayal and grief within relationships. Sitting with the dynamic nature of your relationship allows us to envision and create a model that works for all people involved. Opening up to this process can be exciting, vulnerable and maybe a little scary. I will guide us in identifying what it is everyone wants and needs from the relationship from the emotional to the sexual to the logistical. From there we can work to heal what needs to be healed and rebuild or create a new foundation to begin the next cycle of your connection.

Areas of Focus:

Non traditional relationship, family and parenting models (Queer, Solo, ENM,Poly, Coparenting (single, cohabitating, hybrid)
Communication: trust, desire discrepancies, sexual history and traumas
Developing and maintaining consensual erotic and intimate connection
Intentional and respectful transition or separation

Sessions

My sessions are 50 minutes and I offer in person, virtual and hybrid options to people in the state of California. My office is located in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco.

Sliding scale is available, is dependent on financial need and on a case by case basis. Please ask! Priority is given to members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.