My approach is somatic, Trauma-informed, relational, psychodynamic, and spiritual.
My clinical focus…
* Trauma, PTSD, and complex PTSD
* Grief
* Race based stress and trauma
* Identity exploration and expression
* Full spectrum of pre/perinatal and postpartum experiences
* Aging
* Spiritual growth and liberation
* Life transitions and transformation
Some common themes that come up in my work with adults and teens…
* Death and the meaning of change
* Covid-19 stress or trauma
* Belonging
* Multi-racial identity
* Internalized oppression
* Legacies/ancestral trauma
* Impact of systemic oppression and capitalism on the body
* Immigration
* Cultural differences between parents and children
* Childhood experiences of abuse and/or emotional neglect
* Procrastination and academic trauma
* Inner critic
* Self-compassion
* Boundaries
* Religious trauma
* Anxiety and depression
* Resistance and liberation
* Artistic expression
* Caring for an aging family member and aging
* Birth trauma, miscarriages, adoption
* Resting and receiving
* Accessing the numinous
* Integrating joyful and spiritual experiences
“Kindness eases change.”
—Octavia Butler
Professional Background & Affiliations
Irving B Harris Early Childhood Mental Health trainee, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland 2024 Spring cohort.
California Institute of Integral Studies. Masters in Counseling Psychology, Concentration in Somatics, c.o. 2022.
Trainee at the Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, 2022
500 + hours of training in Hatha Yoga for youth, adults, and postpartum individuals.
Member of the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death