ABOUT ME
“We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.”
— Carl Jung
I hold an undergraduate degree in fashion design, and the first fifteen years of my career were spent as a professional fashion and interior designer. I have always been drawn to psychology, and after a career in design, I pursued a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, a program with a longstanding focus on Jungian and psychoanalytic psychology. Like design, where form follows a deeper function, my focus as a clinician centers on exploring the underlying unconscious aspects of the psyche that drive us to engage with or retreat from the world. Through my personal journey and academic exploration, I aim to guide others in encountering their inner and outer worlds with expanding awareness, clarity, and compassion.
MY APPROACH
My personal style as a clinician is humorous, warm, honest, and empathetic. I practice from a psychodynamic perspective, grounded in analytic and psychoanalytic theory. In practice, I am compassionate and collaborative, balancing supportive and expressive techniques as needed to help people recognize patterns of relating, explore their emotional depths, and uncover meaning in their experiences.
Every person is unique, and the therapeutic encounter is a deeply connected experience. As a result, psychotherapy is highly individualized to the client. While honoring each person’s individuality, I also recognize that as human beings, we are not so different from one another, and many of our sufferings run in similar veins. I work well with people who are navigating their identity and how it can be expressed in the world, processing early childhood wounds, struggling with religious trauma, understanding neurodivergence, and working through grief and loss. As a former designer, I have a unique insight into the creative experience, which allows me to provide empathy and understanding to creatives struggling to express themselves fully. Mostly, I enjoy sitting with people who are curious and seek to better understand themselves and others.
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
LAISPS One-year Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (current)
Trained in suicide and crisis intervention techniques to assist teens at Teen Line, a crisis hotline for peer to peer support
TEEN LINE
EFCT
Foundation, Externship, and Sex Therapy Trainings in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
BRAINSPOTTING
Brainspotting Phase 1, Phase 2, and Expansion Trainings
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Integration Trainings through Fluence
KAP
JUNGIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Attended conferences on Jungian concepts through the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
EDUCATION
PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE
MA Counseling Psychology with and emphasis in Depth Psychology
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI
BS in Fashion Design from the school of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning
UCLA
Interior Design Foundations Certificate
AFFILIATIONS
EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY CENTER OF LOS ANGELES
EFTCLA — Member
NEW CENTER FOR PSYCHOANALYSIS
NCP — Student Member
LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE AND SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY
LAISPS — Student Member
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS
CAMFT — Member
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