About Therapy
This is not what you signed up for.
You don’t feel at peace in your own body. You’re struggling to find the bigger purpose. You want to feel connected to the people and the world around you.
You want to enjoy your relationships, work, and explore your interests… but that seems like a privilege for others, out of your reach.
You feel caught in a never-ending cycle, and all this trying is exhausting.
Is this the way life is always going to be?
To make it all worse, you feel guilty about feeling bad.
You can’t stop comparing yourself to others… others who seem to handle everything better than you do and make you feel inadequate, as well as others whose problems are so much worse than yours that you feel ashamed for not being happier.
You’re afraid your children and partner aren’t getting the best version of you – afraid you may be doing irreversible damage to those relationships.
You’re making mistakes at work and can’t seem to get it together.
You can’t remember the last time you did something that felt truly satisfying.
Yes, circumstances are challenging.
That is true. It’s also true that the energy you expend on the inward battle against what is – is energy that you can reinvest into yourself.
The mind is trying so hard to help you feel better, and yet the solutions don’t come out of the chaos of the mind.
Together, we will take a powerful pause, tune inward, and connect to your deepest needs, the ones underlying the chaos.
I will act as a mirror to reflect your patterns and your skills.
Together, we’ll challenge the beliefs that do not serve you and encourage your practice of self-compassion. You will discover your inherent worthiness.
I will hold faith for your healing even when it feels difficult for you.
I recognize that I am the instrument I use in practicing therapy; and so I bring my artistic, academic, and spiritual self to the room with every client I meet.
Where Solutions Come From
From the moment I meet you, my goal is to understand your reality.
By offering you a safe container to explore your feelings, thoughts, and experiences, I will help you identify your strengths, develop new tools, and connect to your highest wisdom.
Reaching out is the first step.
Call (415) 408-6020 today to schedule a time to talk.
About Me
It is an honor to call this my work.
Even as a child, I was always introspective and interested in psychology.
I did my undergraduate studies in psychology and Spanish but felt that I was still looking for the missing piece in the more traditional psychological approaches. I was longing for a more holistic picture of the human experience.
To me, the arts have always been a powerful place of transformation…
… an entry point to our inner worlds and central to my own healing journey. Ultimately, I found my niche by incorporating my connection to the arts and spirituality into my psychological perspective.
I have an MA in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Drama Therapy and a previous MA in Women’s Spirituality.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a teacher of ESL in the US and abroad; ran a children’s program at a homeless shelter; and worked privately with families providing organizational, administrative, and emotional support.
I’m also an actor and a dancer – and am at my happiest when working on a creative project.