A space for the struggles, questions, and longings that arise at life's thresholds
Individual Therapy in Berkeley and Petaluma, California. I also offer online therapy for residents of California.
There are times when the ways we have learned to move through life no longer fit as they once did. You may notice familiar patterns repeating, feel disconnected from yourself or others, sense a longing for something that has not yet taken shape or sense a pull toward understanding yourself more deeply.
These moments often arise during periods of transition, loss, growth, or change. Sometimes they are connected to the impact of earlier experiences. Other times, they emerge as part of being human—living, loving, losing, and making meaning in a changing world.
Individual therapy offers a space to listen more deeply to your experience. Together, we explore what is present, tending to what feels unresolved while making room for new awareness, meaning, and possibilities to emerge.
My work is relational, somatic, trauma-informed, and depth-oriented, drawing from parts-based, expressive, and experiential approaches. Together, we explore how your experiences live in your body, relationships, and inner world, actively engaging what emerges in the moment. The goal is not simply insight, but a more connected relationship with yourself and greater aliveness in how you inhabit your life.
Sessions are available in person in Berkeley and Petaluma and online for residents of California.
When You Might Seek Therapy
You may find yourself:
• Noticing patterns in relationships that feel difficult to shift
• Feeling overwhelmed, internally conflicted, or caught between competing needs
• Carrying a sense of being unseen, different, or not fully understood
• Struggling to access, trust, or express what you feel
• Holding a great deal for others while your own needs remain in the background
• Feeling disconnected from yourself or finding it difficult to stay present with your experience
• Moving through a transition, loss, or significant life change
• Sensing the impact of earlier or complex experiences, even if they are difficult to name
• Finding yourself in recurring cycles; seeking relief, control, or escape and becoming curious about what lives beneath them
My approach is guided by several interconnected areas:
Relational work — attending to the ways your experiences take shape within relationships, including the therapeutic relationship itself
Somatic awareness — noticing how your nervous system and body hold patterns, emotions, memories, and ways of responding to the world
Trauma-informed care — recognizing how overwhelming, developmental, or complex experiences may continue to shape the present. This work may draw from attachment-focused EMDR and other approaches that support healing unresolved experiences and fostering greater emotional resilience.
Parts work — making space for the different parts of you that protect, adapt, react, and long for connection, including inner child work
Depth and expressive arts work — exploring emotions, patterns, meaning, dreams, symbolism, and the unconscious aspects of experience. When helpful, this may include creative and experiential practices such as imagery, writing, movement, expressive arts, and astrological inquiry as pathways to insight, connection, and transformation.
Recovery work — supporting those navigating addiction, compulsion, codependency, and the impact of family systems shaped by these dynamics. Drawing from 12-step and ACOA-informed perspectives, this work also attends to the deeper emotional and relational patterns beneath survival strategies, disconnection, and reenactment.
A Gentle Invitation
If you feel drawn to understand your experience more deeply or find yourself in the midst of change and wanting support in how you move through it you’re welcome to reach out.
We can begin with a conversation—an opportunity to meet, get a sense of each other, and feel into whether we’d like to take the next step.