For the past 10 years I've had a private practice working with individuals of all ages and backgrounds. People come to me interested in change and are often excited to share their story and process. Although I specialize in trauma and life transitions, change comes from many different therapeutic approaches and I'm interested in tailoring each therapy to the individual's unique needs.

      My own theory of how therapy changes and improves lives is informed by having the honor to be in therapeutic relationships with brave, open, willing participants who each have touched and taught me.

     As a graduate intern at Dominican University I provided individual counseling to the student body. My post-graduate internships at Berkeley and Oakland public schools involved work with struggling students, their families, gang issues and trauma related work. I developed a group for children at risk for gang activity and a workshop for crisis intervention that I teach to interns annually through BACR (Bay Area Community Resources).

      At Cal State East Bay, I worked as a psychotherapist intern in the Health Center providing therapy to a clinically and culturally diverse student population. I was also involved in outreach work to educate the campus population about mental health and the availability and benefits of individual and group counseling.