Our Team

For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” – Cynthia Occelli

Sometimes we might feel like we’re falling apart, like we’re so broken, rotten, empty, or planted in such hostile soil that relief is impossible. But while the healing process can be intense and confusing, it’s also rewarding and liberating. I’m grateful to be able to use my gifts to empower others whose challenges have overwhelmed their typical ways of dealing with difficulties, and to enhance capacity, peace, strength, healing, acceptance, and overall self-empowerment and community connection. Therapy is a safe place where we bear witness to what has happened, develop strategies to make desired changes, and envision becoming our best selves.

My style is creative, collaborative, and directive. I do best with clients who want transformation and need support from an actively involved clinician to make the changes they want. I’ll help you reconnect to hope and visualize healing, empowering you to confront the biggest, baddest wolves in your life at your own pace. I specialize in treating problems rooted in intense experiences. Sometimes what we learn to do to survive a situation ends up creating problems for us later on. We will work together to uncover what is holding you back and develop the skills you need to live a rich, full life.

I use a strengths-based approach that enhances coping strategies you already use, mixed with a variety of evidence-based therapeutic techniques (EMDR, IFS, DBT, and ACT). Rather than just one technique, I tailor my sessions to meet my clients’ needs. I often utilize body-centered techniques with my clients to alleviate physical symptoms of stress.

The majority of clients I’ve worked with have been impacted by trauma and/or systemic oppression, including gang-affiliated teens, LGBTQIAP and TGNC folks, immigrants, BIPOC, disabled people, and lower-resourced people who’ve been neglected and exploited by financial systems. low-income people. I value each facet of your identity, both the privileged and oppressed parts of ourselves, and how they intersect with systems of oppression and privilege. This development has run parallel to my development as a community organizer for the last decade.

I’ve provided individual, group, and family psychotherapy in English and Spanish in a variety of settings (private practice, community health, hospital, school, foster care, grassroots organization, large nonprofit). No matter where I’ve been, my focus is always on the person in front of me.