About Me

I am psychodynamically trained, which means that I believe understanding the past can help us grow in the present. Psychodynamic therapy encourages us to explore dynamics that come up during sessions, which can help create more insight into coping mechanisms and reactions. This type of exploration can help untangle us from the binds that hold us back.

I work through a decolonial lens. This means that health should not be governed by an outside force or a normative expectation. We will work together to build an understanding of what health means for you, in a way that is formed by your culture, your experiences, your realities, and your hopes for yourself.

A few areas of focus:

• Avoidant attachment

• Exploring religion or spirit in a psychological context

• Second generation immigrant experience

• Harm reduction approaches to issues around recreational substance use

• Grief, ambiguous grief, complex grief

• Complex trauma

• Navigating mixed racial identity and the experience of BIPOC

• Exploring ancestral and intergenerational trauma

Education:

Smith School of Social Work
Masters of Social Work, August 2012

Professional Experience:

Private Practice, 2017-present

The Psychotherapy Institute, 2015-2017
Staff Therapist working with adults on a sliding scale payment model

Brilliant Corners, 2012-2015
Long-term therapy with veterans transitioning out of chronic homelessness

San Francisco VA, 2011-2012
Intern providing short-term therapy at psychiatric inpatient unit

Mills Peninsula Hospital, 2010-11
Intern providing individual and group therapy at a partial hospitalization program