Welcome. I'm glad you're here. I'm a Jungian analyst and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 35445) with over 25 years of experience helping individuals and couples navigate life’s complexities, deepen self-understanding, and create more meaningful, connected lives. My private practice is based in Valley Village, California, where I offer a grounded, compassionate space for growth, insight, and healing. My approach is practical, intuitive, and deeply collaborative. I integrate traditional psychotherapy with Jungian analysis, active imagination, and dreamwork—offering both insight and concrete tools. Clients often describe me as warm, thoughtful, and engaged. I listen closely—to what is said and what remains unspoken—and help you find clarity and strength from within. In addition to my private practice, I teach workshops on dream interpretation and personal growth, supervise clinicians, and serve as a training analyst. I'm a past president of the C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California, and I continue to be involved in training and mentoring the next generation of depth-oriented therapists.

Do you struggle with anxiety, worry, or depression but don't know where to start making changes? My practice is focused on balancing a compassionate relationship with the best evidence-based techniques to help you build tools for lasting change. I am a clinical psychologist with over 15 years of experience and expertise in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, and depression. I am one of only 10 psychologists in LA who is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in behavioral and cognitive psychology. My focus is on understanding your unique story and tailoring sessions to meet your individual needs. My practice helps people recover from difficult periods in their lives, such as a traumatic event or loss, life transition, or intense feelings of anxiety and depression. You can expect a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore your concerns. I provide specialized treatments such as cognitive processing therapy (CPT) and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for insomnia, and exposure therapy for obsessive compulsion (OCD) or anxiety. My goal is that clients learn specific coping tools within a framework of self-compassion and appreciation for their inner emotional wisdom. I also help with life transitions, work stress, and relationship difficulties. If you are ready to take the first step towards wellness please give me a call for a free 15-minute telephone intake appointment. I offer evening, weekend, and telehealth sessions for convenience. I look forward to connecting with you and exploring how therapy can help you! Please visit our website for more information.

If you have difficulties in your relationship, now is the time to restore and to heal it. Whether it is your spouse, your partner, your friend, your adult child or your parent - make the first step toward closeness, understanding, and connection. Join me as we will journey together from frustration, isolation, and despair to love, care and safety utilizing the evidence-based Emotionally Focused Therapy process for relationship distress recovery. Don't spend another day wondering if your relationship can be better. Yes, it can! You can be happier, you can feel safe and you can be closely connected to the person you love. If you are looking for a warm, caring and engaged therapist, you came to the right place. Be heard, be understood and be safe as I help you to navigate through a difficult world of relationships, love, support, and care. Your wellbeing is of outermost importance to me.

What makes therapy work is the relationship and connection between the therapist and client, as well as the skills and technical expertise the therapist brings to the table. I am supportive, caring and committed to being totally present, meeting people where they are right now, hearing them in their own terms. Relationships between individuals, couples and families have become so stressful in these crazy-making times. I see my job as helping clients untangle life's challenges and assisting them in getting in touch with their own inner resources. I have extensive experience in working with really complex family situations. I assist individuals and couples in strengthening and repairing relationships, navigating through life's transitions and dealing with issues related to aging. I specialize in working with children & adolescents dealing with emotional problems and offer support and counsel to parents. I help children, adolescents, adults and families who are dealing with emotional pain due to anxiety, depression, stress, anger, grief and loss. My office is in Ojai, surrounded by beautiful oaks, and offers a supportive and calming environment in which to do important psychological healing work.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist and certified life coach. I integrate my expertise in psychoanalysis, neuropsychology, life coaching, and mind-body connection into a unique, holistic approach that guides individuals on an Illuminated Path to joy, inner peace, and freedom. Combining various therapies into customized treatment, I empower you with knowledge, tools, and strategies to achieve specific and measurable results. I am passionate about creating a safe and empowering space for you to develop insight into your thoughts, emotions, and behavior patterns to support you to live a fulfilling life. I use warmth, compassion, humor, and a non-judgmental approach to building a solid relationship with you that fosters growth and healing. I have advanced training in internal family systems, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based treatment. I specialize in depression and anxiety, couples therapy, grief support, chronic illness and pain, perinatal mental health, personal and professional development, parenting, and trauma recovery. I work with individuals regarding stress management, self-esteem, boundary development, self-care, optimal performance, and emotional regulation, and I provide co-parenting skills for divorced or separated parents. I also conduct psychological personal Injury evaluations for posttraumatic stress (PTSD).

My client-centered and reality-based approach is reflective of my interpersonal style which embraces humor, candor, and relatability. My goal is always to help each person achieve the goals they've identified for themselves. Sometimes people come in unhappy and dissatisfied with their lives but can't articulate what's "wrong". In those cases, we work together to get to the root of their troubles so our goals for therapy can become clearer and we can work towards real solutions. I affirm everyone's ability to change his or her life in a positive way. By utilizing a few time-tested treatment models and integrating them according to each persons' needs, we can find a rhythm and process that really works. Motivation, support, guidance, compassion, honesty, and empowerment are things people can expect to receive from me in the therapeutic process because those are the things I would want for myself!

I know how scary it can be when you are facing a problem in your life that you can't solve by yourself. For most of us, reaching out for help is not easy. My approach to therapy centers around the belief that we need CONNECTION in order to heal. This is why most self-help books aren't as effective as they could be. There is a lot of potential good advice out there but in the absence of a supportive and caring connection, most of it is useless.I am an experienced and respected healer and my passion is helping people face crisis and transitions in their lives with support and guidance. You don't have to do it alone! The relationship between the client and myself IS the healing piece. From that connection, you will feel safe and empowered. Then, exploring your problems seems manageable and finding solutions becomes possible.Lastly, Something else I believe very strongly is the potential to use the obstacles in our lives as stepping-stones. Within the framework of a healthy connection, I can help you to create a more fulfilling life.

As a therapist, I offer a warm, compassionate presence and thoughtful insight, meeting each client exactly where they are. I believe meaningful change begins with feeling truly seen and heard, and I strive to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their challenges and goals. Together, we work to understand your experience and move toward the growth and transformation you’re seeking. As a co-owner of Suda Centers, I come with a varied background which includes training therapists on their licensure journey, five years as a clinical director for a substance use treatment center, owner of both a private practice and group practice Suda Centers.

Each person requires us therapists to learn a new language, to paraphase Carl Jung. I am not a cookie-cutter, one size fits all therapist. I respect the intelligence and sensitivity of each client, and am told over and over again that my clients feel safe with me. I work collaboratively and creatively to help my clients find relief and solution. Some treatment is not necessarily long-term -- with EMDR, for instance, relief and improvement can sometimes come quickly. I have vast experience treating addictions of all kinds, and families and friends of addictsalcoholics. I am also experienced in treating trauma of various kinds, from childhood abuse to "single-incident" traumas such as car accidents, injuries, etc.

I work with individuals navigating trauma and anxiety, as well as couples working to rebuild connection and communication. I use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) alongside talk therapy, especially for clients whose difficult experiences feel "stuck" — replaying, overwhelming, or hard to put into words. I think of myself as a "process consultant" — my job isn't to talk you out of your emotions, but to help you understand what they're telling you. We don't get to choose our emotions, but we can learn to understand and use them as information. My work is helping you tolerate, process, and make meaning of what you're feeling, whether that's on your own or alongside your partner. This can be deep, sometimes hard, work — but it's worth it. My hope is that my office, and my presence, offer the safety you need to do it.