About Me
What it’s like to work with me
My intake process is gentle and paced. Early sessions focus on getting to know you, your goals, what brings you to therapy, and what helps you feel safer. It can take time to build safety, and I don’t rush that process. I may offer optional invitations or things to notice between sessions.
Progress often looks like feeling understood, safer in your body, and better able to communicate in challenging relationships. I help clients work toward goals through small, manageable steps over time. I enjoy working with adults who want an affirming, trauma-informed space and are open to mindfulness and body-based approaches.
I am engaged in ongoing training in neuroaffirming approaches for working with Autistic clients and clients with ADHD. I’m passionate about tailoring therapeutic practices for people with different neurotypes through an anti-oppressive lens.
I continue to deepen my work in somatic therapy and am interested in further training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. My background includes training in parts work, EMDR, Somatic EMDR, Integrated Somatic Trauma Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and CBT, with a focus on supporting meaningful, sustainable change.
Who I am
I am a transmasculine, white, neurodivergent queer therapist who believes a more just world is possible and that personal healing often ripples outward.
In my work, I value therapy that is collaborative, honest, and human, and I don’t expect you to have the right words or a clear plan before starting. We can figure things out together.
Outside of providing therapy, I enjoy contact improvisation, dancing to live music, hiking, spending time with my husband and pre-teen daughter, playing with my pup, and settling into a good TV binge.
My path to becoming a therapist
My path to becoming a therapist has been shaped by both professional training and lived experience. I work with adults across identities, with a particular focus on LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent clients.
I received my masters of social welfare at UC Berkeley, and received specialized training and clinical experience at UCSF’s Department of Psychiatry, working with LGBTQ+ and HIV+ adults. I focus on somatic approaches because of how powerful body-based practices have been in my own healing.
I believe effective therapy integrates both top-down work (thoughts, insight, and meaning-making) and bottom-up work (the nervous system, body awareness, and regulation). This allows clients to address trauma-related symptoms in a more complete and sustainable way.
My Values
My work as a therapist is not apolitical. I believe that honest, holistic therapy names and explores how homophobia, racism, transphobia, sexism, fatphobia, ableism, xenophobia and class inequality impact our mental health and wellbeing. I recognize the impact of state violence in the US and around the world. I and believe in a free Palestine, Congo and Sudan.