I became a therapist because I believe everyone deserves a non-judgmental place to be witnessed, reflected, and encouraged. I know how life-changing it was to find a place like that of my own when I really needed it.

In my decade working one-on-one with clients of all ages, I've seen first-hand how expressive the soul can become when containment, care, and curiosity are offered reliably and compassionately.

This is the type of work where ups and downs and unknowns abound, but a therapeutic relationship that serves as an anchor can help you stay the course.

Outside of the therapy room, I'm usually taking photographs, painting, playing with clay at my local pottery studio, or cozying up with a good film, my partner, and my sweet pup, Toby.

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You're not broken, failing, or "missing something"

Turns out you're a part of a human race that doesn't teach young people the fundamentals of emotions, communication, conflict, grief, attention, and attachment. That you're feeling stuck now indicates the need for new resources rather than your own irreparable failure, inadequacy, or unworthiness. It might be time to ask for help.

I see my role as one that helps you unlock its hidden lessons, supports you back to a healing place, and invites you expand through inquiry, alchemy, and meaning-making.

called suffering a great teacher.

Carl Jung

How I Work

Therapy works best when we work together. My part in that collaboration is to offer a nurturing, inquisitive, and gently challenging space that invites you to explore themes of dissatisfaction in your life. Perhaps that’s perfectionism, creative blocks, relationships, unaddressed grief, chronic overwhelm, identity issues, feeling as though you've fallen behind, or struggling to see a worthwhile future.

Reimagining yourself and the world around you can be scary. Care, non-judgment, and gentle humor tend to ease this, which is part of the therapeutic relationship I cultivate.

I use a combination of approaches, including psychodynamic, humanistic, narrative, and relational modalities; therapies that invite you to meet the unconscious needs of your past as they haunt you now while moving forward with updated values, attitudes, and convictions. Where CBT and DBT skills may be helpful, I sprinkle them in.

What I Value

The process of self-discovery is a beautiful one that allows your whole self to come into focus. Calling in and healing the unconscious material behind your struggle can lead to long-lasting change.

Hidden within that unconscious material may be the realization that what informs you from within was created from without. The systems in which we develop and live — families, schools, communities, careers, cultures — can inform our values, self-worth, and experiences of safety out in the world. Coming to know the ways in which these systems conditioned you is a worthwhile therapeutic process so that you're not holding blame, shame, and inertia for that which was never yours in the first place.

Where I Learned

I've been a therapist and case manager in community mental health, residential treatment, and private practice settings. In these varied environments, I supported couples, adolescents, unhoused post-9/11 military veterans, and adult individuals struggling with mental health and daily stress alike.

I received my master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and later received an advanced certificate in applied mythology.

Therapy is my second career, and it's still hard to believe I've been practicing for over a decade. Before studying psychology, I got my BBA in business management from Hofstra University in New York, where I was born and raised. I enjoyed my digital marketing and music editorial jobs in New York City, but found therapy (and Los Angeles) to be a better home. However, this experience helps me understand the stressors of clients working in the corporate world.

Set within the seed of the soul is not just a fleeting image or a vague pattern but a lifelong story enfolded within, waiting to be cracked open and lived all the way out."

Michael Meade

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READY TO LIVE ALL THE WAY OUT?