I view therapy as a collaborative process in which new ways of understanding and relating to yourself, others, and the world can be experienced. My goal is to create a safe space for you to explore new possibilities, challenge limiting beliefs, heal from painful experiences, and stand confidently in your truths.

As a somatic psychotherapist, I offer my humanness, my empathy, and a commitment to helping you heal and thrive in today's world.  I am dedicated to helping you on your journey towards a life of purpose, a life filled with meaningful connections and inner peace.

helping young adults and professionals manage stress, overwhelm and anxiety.

In such a distracted and disconnected world, it’s easy to feel disconnected from yourself and from others. I help young adults and professionals learn to manage stress and overwhelm by utilizing somatic and body-based techniques for relief and healing. I enjoy educating clients and helping them reconnect with their bodies as they learn to regulate and better manage moments of high stress and overwhelm.

Helping multicultural & interracial couples struggling to connect and communicate.

By the time couples come to therapy arguments are usually full blow, constant, and neither person feels heard or understood by the other. While the love is there, it feels difficult to access. Instead, each person remains guarded and protective of their heart. I help couples reconnect in a more clear and authentic way. Somatic therapy can help by bringing awareness to what is actually happening beneath the arguments in a way that is gentle and respectful. It is often from these places that each partner can begin to really hear and see the other in a heartfelt way.

I also utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to support you and your partner in building a stronger and more secure attachment bond. By focusing on negative patterns and cycles that keep you and your partner disconnected, I help couples understand the underlying emotional and attachment needs that are being played out in each disagreement. Working together, I can support you and your partner in communicating in a more clear and honest way that promotes connection, emotional safety and lasting love.

SOMATIC THERAPY IS THE FOUNDATION OF MY WORK.

For me, true and lasting change comes from integrating the mind and body—for it is within the body that our old wounds, habits, and memories are held.  By bringing attention to the body, we can create a clear, full picture of your experience, leading to growth and change. 

HAKOMI MINDFULNESS-CENTERED SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPY INFLUENCES ME DEEPLY.

Hakomi is founded on the belief that studying what's happening in the present moment allows you to access core memories, beliefs, and neural patterns that shape your daily experiences and define your identity in the world.  By bringing awareness to these beliefs, we can work together to invite healing and transformation.

MY SPECIALTIES AND INTERESTS INCLUDE:

• Managing stress and overwhelm

• Decreasing anxiety symptoms and panic attacks

• Overcoming shame and guilt

• Personal growth and self-exploration

• Healing from early childhood wounding, sexual abuse, relational trauma, and PTSD

• Overcoming lack of motivation and productivity

• Interracial Couples looking to re-connect and communicate more effectively

• Fertility challenges and women's issues

• Womxn of color and multicultural populations

• Cultural conflicts and racial identity

• Establishing healthy boundaries

• Work-Life balance and managing work-related stress

• Supporting new parents

CREDENTIALS

• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with the Board of Behavioral Sciences, MFT #107069, 

• M.A. in Counseling Psychology with a Specialization in Somatic Psychology from John F. Kennedy University

• B.A. in Business Economics from University of California, Los Angeles

Assisted at:

• John F. Kennedy University, Practicum in Somatic Psychology: Touch and Psychotherapy, 6/2019

• Hakomi Institute of California, Pathways to Liberation, 2/2018

EDUCATION & TRAININGS

• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Core Skills, 9/2019 - 1/2020

• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) Externship, 6/2019

• Hakomi Professional Skills Training, Hakomi Institute of California, 2015-2016

• Practicum in Somatic Psychology: Touch and Psychotherapy

• Somatic Approaches to Trauma & PTSD A and B

• Somatic Psychology Perspectives on Stress and Psychobioimmunology

• Practicum in Somatic Psychology: Body Structure, Regulation, and Self-Direction

• Authentic Movement Seminar A and B

• Practicum in Somatic Psychology: Somatic Resourcing

• Practicum in Somatic Psychology: Body and Spirituality

• Body Oriented Psychotherapies

• The Cultural Body, Society, Body Image and the Self

• Practicum in Somatic Psychology: Mindfulness Based Experiential Psychotherapy – The Hakomi Method

• Principles of Somatic Psychology