With a warm and friendly presence, I offer a collaborative experience of therapy. I have helped many individuals handle difficult work situations or career changes in academia, tech, and other fields. I also enjoy supporting people who are facing day-to-day stressors, loss, transitions, or issues with parenting. With exploration, individuals can discover new and creative ways to think about and address life challenges. In addition to individual and couples counseling, I offer mediation and conflict resolution services.

Offering expert support (sorting out and finding new solutions for complex matters), grief-support, erasing of self-defeating habits using emdr (process for erasing trauma and habits), sln (process to release habits and meet goals),hypnotherapy, life-medicine (taping and self-touching to shift patterns) I effectively help you. Individuals and couples receive non-judgmental support. I have successfully helped hundreds of people from diverse backgrounds to overcome self-defeating habits, move through challenging transitions, change significant relationship challenges and move through grief. Learn to identify and address the underlying issues that cause your difficulty. Would you like your life to be more rewarding and to be at peace? You will make changes that feel good to you with my facilitation. Been in practice for 17 years. Contact me now with questions about counseling. Begin to make changes. 15 minute initial free consult available. Counseling provides a compassionate approach to making changes. Discover new thoughts and feelings regarding ongoing difficulties. Become directed and self-loving. Feel good again. Contact me to start making satisfying changes. Feel free to call with questions too. Both short and long term counseling are available.

As a Health Psychologist I provide a holistic approach to physical and emotional wellbeing. I believe health challenges such as a life changing diagnosis, chronic illness, or unhealthy habits and the their associated anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and grief need to be addressed on all levels. From more than 20 years experience in clinical practice and my own healing journey I developed a deep appreciation of the interplay of physical and emotional health. My goal is to provide a warm and non-judgemental space where together we will look at the current challenges you face, how past experience continues to affect you today, what values are most important and what living well really means. My work employes strategies for change from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, Positive Psychology, Mindfulness and Somatic Psychology. Together we will explore your needs, where you may have gotten off track or run into blocks and develop ways to move forward in your life in a meaningful way.

I work with individual adults who may understand their history intellectually but still feel anxious, overwhelmed, shut down, disconnected, or caught in familiar relationship patterns. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and carefully paced. I integrate Somatic Experiencing® and EMDR with more than 30 years of clinical experience to support healing from developmental and relational trauma, anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. I offer in-person therapy in San Anselmo and secure telehealth throughout California. My practice is private pay, and I do not participate in insurance networks. If you are curious about whether we may be a good fit, I welcome you to reach out.

Are you feeling stuck in a cycle of addiction, unsure of how to break free? Maybe you've tried to quit before, but it feels like there's something deeper holding you back—emotions, trauma, or relationships that keep drawing you toward unhealthy patterns. At the California Center for Change, we understand how overwhelming this can feel, and we're here to help you take the next step. As therapists who specialize in addiction, we offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space where we can explore the underlying issues contributing to your struggles. Together, we’ll work not just on the addiction itself, but on the emotional pain, trauma, or stress that might be driving it. We believe that true recovery comes when we address the whole person, and that includes the important people in your life. We work closely with family and loved ones, helping them understand the process of change and empowering them to support your journey in a healthy way. By creating a supportive environment, we can work toward lasting change. You don't have to do this alone. We're here to support you through this process, offering both the clinical tools and the compassion needed to navigate your path to recovery.

You may look capable and composed on the outside while privately feeling anxious, overwhelmed, self-critical, or stuck. You may be dealing with overthinking, perfectionism, social anxiety, depression, relationship or family concerns, or a difficult life transition or decision. I help thoughtful adults and young adults understand what is keeping these patterns going and make practical changes that carry into daily life. My style is warm, direct, active, and collaborative. I begin with a thoughtful clinical assessment of your symptoms, history, relationships, culture, strengths, values, and goals, then tailor treatment to you rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model. I draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic and relational therapy, mindfulness, and culturally responsive care. I am a California-licensed clinical psychologist who completed an American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited doctoral program, predoctoral internship, and postdoctoral fellowship, followed by nine years in Kaiser Permanente Adult Outpatient Psychiatry. Therapy with me combines psychological depth with practical change: we work to understand the patterns keeping you stuck and practice new ways of responding so insight becomes useful outside the therapy room. I offer individual therapy in person in San Francisco and online throughout California. My practice is private pay and out-of-network; superbills are available for clients seeking possible reimbursement. I provide individual therapy for relationship concerns and do not offer couples counseling. A free 10–15 minute video consultation is available to explore fit.

Adults seek me out to resolve the anxiety, depression, addictions, and self-sabotaging behaviors that make it difficult to relax and accept themselves as they are. I've helped clients for 22 years and offer attachment-focused EMDR, mindfulness-based somatic therapy, and parts work. These approaches tend to create more enduring change than insights gained through talk therapy alone. I use talk therapy to integrate the insights gained via direct experience from working with inner material.

I am a clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of clinical experience working with adults on issues of vital importance in their daily lives. I am deeply committed to helping people create the most fulfilling lives possible, as they move through and beyond challenges such as anxiety, depression, personal effectiveness, stress and worklife balance, grief reactions, relationships and self-esteem issues. When "life" has thrown you off our path, I work with you to restore your natural capacity for self esteem and healing, and provide unwavering emotional support as you create an enriching life with healthier relationships.

Whatever the changes you desire, they begin with experiencing the current moment without the distraction of self-judgement or self-criticism. For 30 years, I have cultivated ways to help my clients accept their current experience so they can move forward towards their best life. I am honored to witness the changes that are possible, and the wisdom and magic I see in people who learn to listen to their own best self! I look forward to accompanying you.

I provide integrative, trauma-informed therapy for adults, with a focus on supporting women, trauma survivors, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) clients. My approach blends evidence-based and experiential methods, helping you reconnect with your body, mind, and inner wisdom so you can live a more empowered, authentic, and resilient life. I specialize in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), somatic therapy, expressive arts, internal family systems (IFS) parts work, and expanded-state integration support (including preparation and integration for legal, ethical experiences, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy). Through these modalities, I help clients process trauma, regulate the nervous system, and access deeper insight and healing beyond talk therapy alone. In our work together, you can expect a warm, collaborative, and culturally attuned approach. I honor each person’s ancestry, identity, and unique life story while offering practical guidance, playful curiosity, and grounded support. My goal is to help you navigate emotional patterns, grief, anxiety, and spiritual or life transitions with courage, clarity, and self-compassion. I offer therapy in person in San Rafael (Marin County) and Sebastopol (Sonoma County), and online throughout California, with bilingual support in English and Spanish. If you’re ready to reconnect with your wholeness and explore meaningful change, I’d be honored to support you on your healing journey.

I offer a warm, collaborative, and relational approach intended to foster personal growth and self understanding for individuals and couples of all cultures and sexual orientations. My therapeutic approach is based on principles of mindfulness and somatic awareness, primarily working with the client's present experience. I strive to help the client understand how their core beliefs and somatic holding patterns have shaped them, identify those which may not necessarily be serving them in the present, and build tools towards being able to influence their present life. My training has focused on experiential, mindful, and body-oriented therapy specifically using the Hakomi method and Formative Psychology. In addition, I integrate tenets of Feminist, Relational, and Humanistic orientations. My interest in cross-cultural therapy is rooted in my own bi-cultural living experience. My Spanish language skills are of native fluency, and I am available to work with clients both in English and in Spanish, as needed. My experience with issues of multi-culturalism and immigration, both personal and professional, informs my work. In addition, I have facilitated workshops on cross-cultural issues.

Welcome, I am a licensed psychotherapist with professional and clinical experience working with individuals, families, couples, and groups from various types of backgrounds and facing different challenges, each unique as the individual(s) in front of me. I specialize in deep psychological work, looking for the root causes, using the presenting symptoms as guides to what is originating and causing your ailment. We will tend to the immediate distress while developing tools to manage future distress and keeping it within a tolerable level of discomfort. I believe we are whole beings who have become fragmented by life occurrences and are finding our way back to that wholeness. I am here to assist you in your process. Whether you are looking for your next step, wanting to step into your full potential, heal past personal/generational wounds, better your relationship with yourself and with others, find peace in your day-to-day life, or having deep questions about who you are and what you like, I offer you my training, presence, and deep compassion in support of your growth, development, and transformation.