Services
About My Clients
I work with clients from diverse backgrounds, and I offer support in the following areas: Stress Management Work/Life Balance Relationships With Family, Romantic Partners, and Friends Chronic Illness and Disability LGBTQIA+ Identities Depression Life Ending Thoughts Anxiety Neurodivergencies, (including ADHD and Autism) Trauma (Including Relational Trauma) Interpersonal Communication Skills Couples Therapy Parenting & More
My Background and Approach
I have a Bachelors in Psychology and and Bachelors in Fine Art from UCLA (2016), and I received my Masters in Counseling Psychology with a focus in Expressive Arts Therapy from CIIS in 2020. My role as a therapist is to listen deeply, reflect, and validate. I use a combination of talk therapy, expressive arts, mindfulness, compassion focused therapy, somatic therapy, CBT, and DBT during sessions. I believe that my clients are the experts of their own lives, and I work collaboratively with them to find language that best validates their experiences. My approach is warm, patient, strengths based, and practical. I offer tools that clients can use to support their personal growth and healing, both during and outside of sessions. This includes learning how to build distress tolerance, learning emotional regulation skills, and practicing strategies for transforming inner thoughts.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Transforming our inner dialogues and practicing radical self compassion is an important part of healing. Speaking to oneself with gentleness and compassion can be a challenge for many, but we are all worthy of our own kindness. I am here to offer support in your healing journey with yourself. I believe that my clients are the experts of their own lives, and I work collaboratively with them to find language that best validates their experiences. I am committed to bringing decolonial and anti-racist practices to my work with clients. Social justice is a core value of mine, and I strive to create safe and inclusive spaces from marginalized people. Our identities impact all of our relationships, and I welcome discussion about how identity shows up in therapy.