Stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems can feel overwhelming and debilitating. It may seem as though you’re stuck in patterns that are painful or confusing—caught in something that feels impossible to change. Psychotherapy can help you uncover and understand these patterns, creating space for greater clarity, freedom, and movement in your life. It is a collaborative process where we explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences to help us better understand your needs, goals, vulnerabilities & strengths, and help you make meaningful and lasting change.

At its heart, psychotherapy is based on a simple but powerful idea: two minds working together can discover possibilities that are difficult to see alone. With the right therapeutic relationship, people often rediscover a sense of vitality, growth, and connection in their lives.

I have a decade of experience as a psychotherapist working with people from diverse backgrounds. I trained at the Wright Institute, The Pacific Center, and the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I completed a PhD in philosophy and spent many years teaching, experiences that continue to inform my thoughtful and reflective approach to my work.

What Does LMFT Mean?

In simple terms, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT or MFT) is someone with a graduate degree in counseling who obtained licensure to be a psychotherapist by completing 3000 hours of experience as a psychotherapist under the supervision of other licensed psychotherapists, and then passing a licensing exam.  Generally, Marriage and Family Therapists are more focused on relationships and the role that relationships play in a person's life. For more information, see the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy webpage here: AAMFT Webpage