I offer a warm, collaborative, and relational approach intended to foster personal growth and self understanding for individuals and couples of all cultures and sexual orientations. My therapeutic approach is based on principles of mindfulness and somatic awareness, primarily working with the client's present experience. I strive to help the
To start with, somatic psychotherapy can look like traditional talk therapy. We sit in a comfortable room, and together unfold your story and agree upon what to pay attention to first.
The first thing that is different are some of the questions of inquiry, which ask about internal states related to your thoughts. In my work with clients we migh
I support people to connect with their innate capacities for satisfying relationships and fulfilling lives. Healing and growth occurs optimally in caring and inspiring relationships. I collaborate with each person, couple and family to establish such a relationship, first and foremost.
From this secure relational base, symptoms, conflicts
Adolescence can be complicated — therapy shouldn't be. I'm a licensed psychologist exclusively providing adolescent therapy in my private practice in Walnut Creek, California. I strive to help teens feel heard, supported, and empowered to manage the stress, emotions, and mental health challenges they are facing, including anxiety, dep
Are you beginning to think you have a problem with alcohol or other drugs? Are your friends and family members concerned? Have you experienced painful consequences due to drinking or drug use? You may be confused wondering which step to take next. Many people manage painful feelings by using drugs and alcohol; thinking about stopping can feel overw
I work with COUPLES, TRAUMA, and INDIVIDUALS:
IN THE TIME OF COVID, WE ALL HAVE TO UP OUR CONNECTION GAME. Face it, you love your partner, they drive you crazy. And now that we’re around each other 247 and some of us with kids crawling all over us, we are not getting our needs met and we are hurting each in ways we are not proud of. Before
As an empath, intuitive, or highly sensitive person, you experience this world in a deeper, more complex, and intuitive way. You feel the joys and pains of other beings as if they were your very own. You feel and absorb everything around you within your own body – other people’s feelings, the energy of nature, the quality of events goin
Has your addictive behavior gotten out of control? Has compulsive sexual behavior caused a crisis in your relationships? Or have you recently discovered that your partner sexual behavior was not once you thought it was and now your relationship is in free fall? If so I'm glad to connect with you and happy to help. As the founder and clinica
A good therapist helps you find the answers to your own questions and works with you to remove the blockages to creating and living the life that you want. I challenge my clients in a warm direct way that allows for empowerment towards health, happiness, meaning, and purpose. \"Issues\" that you come into therapy to resolve will be used a
I specialize in using somatic (body based) education and interventions with my individual clients to treat common challenges like anxiety, depression, trauma & PTSD, low self esteem, negative self image, attachment concerns, coping with chronic illness, and others. And with my couples clients I still utilize somatic education in order to support un
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