Licensed as both a Marriage & Family Therapist and a Professional Clinical Counselor, I treat individuals and couples. I earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in art history and psychology and an MA in clinical psychology from California Southern University with highest honors.
My first years of practice were in community mental health, doing trauma-informed therapy with a wide range of individuals, couples, and families. I have intensive experience treating those struggling with severe mental illness, addiction, chronic homelessness, HIV, and previous incarceration. I’ve also worked within the Los Angeles Unified School District, offering psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and families. If therapeutic orientation were a neighborhood, you’d find me working at the intersection of the study of relationships, trauma, cultural influence, and the science of emotions, integrating numerous schools of thought.
Before training to be a psychotherapist, I worked as a writer and magazine editor and photographer. What I realized along the way is that the thing I loved most about journalism was listening.
I’ve had longtime experience with contemporary psychoanalytic theory and technique, and I’m nationally certified as a psychoanalyst. The training is considered some of the most complete, extensive, and respected available for psychotherapists.
If you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or grief, I can help you move forward in the way that you want. If you’re feeling disconnected from your partner, I can offer multiple tools for each of you to improve communication, intimacy, and conflict resolution. If you’re a member of the so-called sandwich generation, I can support you through the stress involved in caring at the same time for your own family and aging parents. If you’re grappling with life transitions linked to relationships, career, or aging, I can assist you in managing those shifts. My training includes guidance in the search for a meaningful career that’s a good fit for your values, interests, and temperament.
I spend my spare time cooking, hiking, immersed in a novel or memoir, swimming, surfing, hearing live music, going to museums, traveling, and hanging out with my family and friends.
Want to learn more? Call or text 213-807-6021 to arrange a free consultation. Let’s talk about how I can help.