From a young age I have been fascinated by what drives people. I have been curious about people’s deepest desires and insecurities and how they affect a person’s personality and behavior. Due to my shame about my own personal challenges, it took me a while to realize how helpful psychotherapy can be. Once I embraced and accepted help for myself, I realized that I wanted to be a psychotherapist. As I stepped into that role, it became clear that this work meets me in the areas of authentic communication, emotional bonding, relational repair, and creative expression.
I graduated with a Master of Arts in Integral Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in 2014. I received training in Gestalt therapy and depth-oriented psychotherapy at the Church Street Integral Counseling Center in San Francisco for two years. I was a member of the Bay Area Gestalt Institute (BAGI) for several years. As of 2016, I am licensed in California as a Marriage and Family Therapist. I had a private practice in the Mission District of San Francisco until the end of 2019, and I now practice exclusively online serving clients in California from my home base in Cologne, Germany.
I grew up in Germany and lived in the United States for over 23 years, 17 of those years in San Francisco. A lot of my personal growth work has been around processing the guilt and shame associated with the history of Germany.
One topic that’s really important to me as a therapist and as a human is oppression and privilege. My work is informed by a strongly developed antiracist and social justice lens, and I spend a lot of time thinking and raising awareness about racism, sexism, heterosexism, pronatalism, etc. I identify as a white, cisgender, heterosexual, childless woman. My pronouns are she / her.
Memberships:
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
San Francisco California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (SFCAMFT)
Bay Area Open Minds (BAOM)
Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA)