Approach
How I work.
I am a California licensed psychotherapist providing online therapy for adults residing in California. Here is what you can expect from working with me.
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Relational
My approach is client-centered and relational. I strive to meet you where you are and as you are. I place great emphasis on the client-therapist relationship, as I believe it often parallels your experiences in real life.
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Logical
With compassion and curiosity I use a logical approach to help you meet your soul's needs and live your favorite life. I worked in the software industry for many years — because of this I bring a strongly developed problem-solving side to my work. As a former software debugger, I now see myself as a soul debugger. Together we can figure out what you want and how you are interrupting yourself from getting there.
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Moment-to-moment
I identify as a Gestalt therapist first and foremost. In our sessions I like to start with awareness in the here and now. Out of this awareness emerge sensations, thoughts, and feelings which need to be experienced, digested, and integrated into the whole of one's being. Sometimes integration means not digesting a particular byte of information — and accepting this refusal can also contribute to greater wholeness.
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Choice-based
A sense of well-being can often come from making a clear decision about what you want to do with a particular sensation, thought, or feeling. You learn to be and accept who you are — your likes and dislikes, preferences and resistances. Sometimes owning the unknown or the confusion is part of this. We can become clear about being confused and make a choice based on that clarity, and that feels good.
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Parts work
Another significant part of my work is parts work. We identify and communicate with different parts of your psyche or personality — the inner critic, judge, protector, fighter. We explore what a dominant part needs. We explore what a hidden part is afraid of. Insights, relief, and freedom can emerge from this work.
“Good enough is not settling. It is the realistic, sustainable standard that perfectionism never allows.”
My training
Gestalt therapy
The foundation of my practice. Present-moment awareness, contact, and the therapeutic relationship.
EFT
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy — rebuilding secure attachment in relationships.
Learn about EFT →EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing — an evidence-based approach to trauma processing, available virtually via RemotEMDR.
NARM
NeuroAffective Relational Model — a trauma therapy approach focused on healing developmental and complex trauma by working with present day trauma symptoms.
Learn about NARM →