ABOUT

Education

Undergraduate, University of California, Berkeley

Graduate, University of California, Berkeley

Certifications and post graduate clinical training

• CBT (for stress, anxiety, OCD and depression)

• DBT

• Trauma-informed care

• Adult Attachment

I provide online therapy for women to help them trust themselves, develop confidence, and make important life choices out of desire instead of fear. I specialize in trauma therapy that helps my clients to operate based on who they want to be instead of what happened to them. I have spent my career working with women from all backgrounds.

I am an LCSW therapist with certifications in third-wave cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT, ACT), DBT, trauma-informed psychotherapy, and adult attachment. Following grad school, I wanted to stay in the Bay Area to continue my work in the Oakland where I was born and raised. The beginning of my career was spent working for several large community mental health agencies in the Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco. In addition, I devoted time to teaching graduate level counseling psychology at USF in the areas of trauma, intergenerational trauma assessment and interventions, problem-solving, and family violence prevention. I am especially proud to have been invited to contribute to the State of California's K-12 health curriculum and San Francisco school-based restorative justice programs.

When I pivoted to running my own private practice, my goal was to help women break through the reverberating limitations that trauma creates. While my work has often been described as "helping women to realize their dreams" by people who know me professionally, the truth is that I see my work as helping women simply claim the right to use the tools that are available to them to change, grow, and thrive.  LET’S TALK