Welcome,

I hope to provide a soft landing place where we can focus on you and your needs.

Most who reach out to me are creative and sensitive types, queer, autistic &/or adhd. You may have been raised by emotionally immature parents/caregivers and are now navigating the impacts of a traumatic, abusive, or emotionally neglectful childhood.

I’m interested in shedding light on unconscious aspects of your experience, including the patterns of self-protection you took on growing up. I find it important to notice how those aspects show up in the present moment, meaning that therapy will involve looking to the past while also focusing on what’s happening within you right here, right now. I am experienced in supporting exploration of authentic self-expression, whether that be in the realms of gender, sexuality, neurodivergence, or creativity.

Our work together might involve deep verbal processing, somatic awareness, parts work, inner child work, creative expression, or dreamwork. We’ll notice what shows up in the relationship between you and me. I also have extensive training in Eye-Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR).

I’m rooted in trauma-informed practice and prioritize checking in with you about how therapy is feeling and following your pace. I’m culturally sensitive, politically-informed, and maintain an intersectional lens. I acknowledge the validity of intense feelings and existential fears related to the climate crisis.

My practice is entirely online. I offer individual therapy to adults of all ages across California.

About me…

I live in Santa Cruz with my partner, our chihuahua terrier, and our orange cat. I am queer and use they/she pronouns.

I like to spend my time creating collages. I love hiking, backpacking and other outdoor activities that bring me into my body and into connection with the beyond-human world.

I earned my Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, emphasis in depth psychology, from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2021.