My Approach to Helping

I specialize in perinatal and reproductive health and wellness. In collaboratively working with my clients, I bring a depth-oriented, yet practical approach to my clinical work. I help women explore & adjust to the myriad of transitions that emerge along the motherhood journey, including: identity, work/life balance, and perinatal mood concerns. I also work with women navigating the fertility/family-building journey. Trained in mindfulness, when appropriate, I teach my clients mindfulness-based tools, such as meditation and mindful breathing to help them manage the overwhelming stress of every day life. I am also very attuned to helping clients identity insights and recognize interpersonal patterns that may be contributing to their emotional concerns.

 

More Info About My Practice

I accept Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna and other forms of PPO insurance.

 

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

I have extensive training and experience working with women's health concerns, especially as they relate to reproductive and perinatal health. I have additional clinical training in assessing, diagnosing and treating postpartum depression/anxiety and am a member of postpartum support international, as well as the postpartum depression task force at CPMC hospital in San Francisco. I also co-facilitate the "Afterglow" a postpartum support group offered at UCSF hospital.

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Clinical Supervision

Ages I Work With

• Adults

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

I practice out of an acupuncture and holistic health clinic, "The Root and the Branch," where we specialize in treating women's health especially as it applies to reproductive and perinatal health and wellness. I have extensive training and experience in mindfulness and mindful parenting. Well-versed in helping women navigating the motherhood journey, I am clinically trained to work with perinatal mood concerns, fertility, repeated pregnancy loss and birth trauma.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Existential Psychotherapy
• Holistic Psychotherapy
• Humanistic Psychology
• Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Parent Work
• Process Oriented Psychology
• Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
• Psychodynamic
• Relational Psychotherapy

Concerns and Issues I Help With

• Academic Concerns
• Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
• Adoption / Reunion Issues
• Blended Family Issues
• Creative Blocks
• Depression
• Eating & Food Issues
• Family of Origin Issues
• Family Problems
• Fertility Issues
• Grief, Loss, & Bereavement
• Health / Illness / Medical Issues
• Identity Issues
• Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
• Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
• Multicultural Concerns
• Parenting
• Post Partum Depression
• Pregnancy & Birthing
• Relationships & Marriage
• Self-Care
• Spirituality
• Stress
• Women's Issues