Psychedelic Integration

I am happy to share that I am featured in the Psychedelic Integration List on the M.A.P.S. (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) website. My blurb from the M.A.P.S. website:

I enjoy supporting people in healing their vulnerable hurt parts so that the protective parts that get in the way of aliveness or contentment, such as shame or the inner critic, don’t have to work as hard to keep you stuck. I strongly believe that psychedelic experiences can help in this process because they allow those protective parts to relax.

It’s all true!

New art in my office

As a psychotherapist working with shame, self-esteem and the inner critic, I like to focus more on making use of your choices when you uncover that you are already good enough and less on healing your so-called broken parts. Together we can explore the masks you wear to hide the parts of yourself you consider too shameful to share with others, the striving to be something you are not or don’t even want to be, the unrealistic expectations you may place on yourself and others. I propose that being comfortable in your own skin, whether you are alone or with others, is better than perfection. Psychotherapy can help shed those uncomfortable skins and masks that are borne from shame and may no longer serve you. Those that do serve you we can keep but let’s be choiceful about that process.

I’m in love with this new piece of art I recently added to the walls of my office. It is by the German mural artist duo Herakut.

Better than perfection
Art by Herakut

This piece of art captures my values as a therapist perfectly. Pun intended.

Visible on Nextdoor now

I am excited that I am now featured as a business on Nextdoor. I am listed in the NE Mission Industrial Zone as that is the neighborhood in which my office is located. I am visible to Nextdoor members of any neighborhood in which I have been recommended by other Nextdoor members. Currently I am visible in about half of the San Francisco neighborhoods, and I am hoping to increase my reach to all of San Francisco. Recommend me in your neighborhood!

Passed my clinical exam

I am happy to announce that I passed the California Clinical Exam for Marriage and Family Therapists today. This was the last major step towards getting my license. The rest is formalities. Five years of school, training and internship are finally paying off!