Clinical issues/specialties
- Anxiety
- Attachment Trauma
- Childhood Trauma
- Complex Trauma
- Depression
- Developmental Trauma
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Abuse
- First Responder Trauma
- Grief and Mourning
- Life Transitions
- Medical Trauma
- Military/Combat Trauma
- Neurodiversity
- Pre- and Post-Natal Trauma
- PTSD
- Racial Trauma
- Shame
- Relationship Strain
- Religious & Spiritual Trauma
- Sexual Trauma
- Substance Use/Abuse
- Vicarious Trauma
Populations served
- Adolescents (13-19)
- Adults (20+)
- Couples
- Families
Clinical modalities used with clients
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- CBT
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Gestalt
- Gottman Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Theory
- TF-CBT
Therapy services location
Offering in-person sessions in our Berkeley offices.
Clinical Style
Warm, collaborative, relational, passionate, egalitarian, open, and explorative.
License
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #148519
Degrees
Antioch University Los Angeles | Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology | 2023
National University | Bachelor of Arts in Psychology | 2013
El Camino College | Associate of Science in Fire and Emergency Technology | 2009
Advanced Trainings
Gestalt Theory and Therapy | Jen Leong | 2023
Holistic Treatment Interventions for Trauma Recovery | Consuelo Davis | 2023
Winnicott's Thinking | Antioch University | 2023
Trauma in Childhood | Amanda Seon-Walker | 2023
Feminist Theories in Psychotherapy | Theodore Burns | 2023
Grief and Loss | Kiss Kevorkian | 2022
Trauma-Focused CBT | Medical University of South Carolina | 2022
Community Resiliency Model | Trauma Resource Institute | 2022
Working With Highly Traumatized & Systematically Oppressed Communities | Southern California Counseling Center, Marianne Diaz | 2022
Why I do this work
Growing up in a unpredictable home left me both confused and curious about human behavior. Over time that curiosity grew into a yearning to learn and understand everything about personalities. It was fascinating! It also help me to make sense of my early trauma wounds and attachment issues with loved ones. So much of your outlook, hopes, and output are shaped by what did or did not happen during childhood. I do this work because I want to support individuals navigating times of uncertainty and transition. I want to help guide them on how to understand the love they are receiving as well as express their love in the most meaningful way.
The best part of my job
The best part of my job is seeing a client rediscover their autonomy, agency, freedom, and choice. Oftentimes when things are challenging we succumb to feeling powerless, in feeling unable to facilitate any relief in the matter. Seeing the internal smile and big exhale someone experiences when they step out from “underneath the problem” and into the internal shareholder role is deeply rewarding.
How I spend my free time
I often spend my free time traveling, swimming, trying new recipes, or getting lost in a book.
Favorite quote
“In life I’ve found that the things we procrastinate with most are actually the things that will set us free.” B. Behm
Top personal growth resources
- The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk
- Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
- Big Feelings by Liza Fosslein and Mollie West Duffy
- The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner
- Fear and Other Uninvited Guests by Harriet Lerner
- Maps of Narrative Practice by Michael White
- The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
- The Strength in Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino
- A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Podcasts
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Our Whole Childhood
- The Glow Up Secrets Podcast