Who Do I Work With?
Families, Parents, Individuals & Couples

  • Working With Families

     I am the co-director of the family program at Psychological Care and Treatment center, working directly with families whose loved one is in treatment and struggling with mental health. I do not gravitate towards a ‘tough love’ approach, but instead helping families find a form of support that works for them - setting boundaries, improving communication, understanding their loved ones struggles, helping family members recognize their dynamic in the family system - is it helping? Is it healthy? Is it working?

    When working with parents, I utilize an ‘attachment focus,’ which can help you understand your child’s experience and reflect on the impact of your relationship with them.

  • Working with Couples

    I take a psychodynamic approach to explore one’s past and childhood to better understand why you are the partner you are today. Are you trying to repeat their childhood experiences? Are you actively wanting to swing the pendulum the opposite direction because you are actively trying to do something different to how you were raided? Is it a new concept to look at your past as a way of understanding who you are today?

    Together we will explore why we get triggered by specific things and or behaviors. Ask what is it about that trigger, is it something from our past? And what is the feeling linked to it?

  • Working With Parents

    When working with parents, I want to honor your parenting choices and lifestyle, and help you identify the areas where you feel stuck or out of solutions. We can utilize an ‘attachment theory’ lens to better understand your childhood and how it impacts your parenting. Are you trying to repeat your own childhood experience? Or are you actively wanting to swing the pendulum the opposite direction? 

    Do you and your partner have different parenting styles and expectations? In a safe space we can talk about all of these issues and I can guide you to identify how you to come to a place that works for everyone.

    We can also reflect on your child’s experiences, be curious about their behaviors and discuss on the impact of your relationship with them.

I may not have the answers,
but I do own a flash light.
And I’m honored to walk along the path beside you,
and hopefully shine a light as we notice things along the way.

My take on therapy…

What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing

EMDR's goal is to help you heal from traumatic or distressing life experiences.

As a regular talk therapist, I worked for years with clients who would identify some form of hardship or trauma in their lives, and talking about the distressing event was re-traumatizing, not healing. I found myself struggling with how to support them.

So I decided to train in the practice of EMDR to better serve my clients suffering from trauma.

EMDR is an effective modality for trauma processing and gets the mind to places that regular talk therapy wouldn’t connect to, because it’s tapping in to our neural pathways that are connected to the trauma.

Have More Questions?

  • Do you provide telehealth or in person therapy?
    Both! My office is on Wilshire and Centinela in West LA or I can provide services through telehealth

  • What are your hours of operation?
    Monday through Friday 9am - 7pm &
    Saturdays 7am - 1pm PST

  • Do you take insurance?
    No. I am an Out of Network provider. If requested, I can provide you a Superbill to self submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement.

  • How do we start?
    Fill out any of the forms on my site and I will contact you to set up an intake session.

Get in touch.

I’m looking forward to learning more about you,
what you need,
and how I can possibly help.