Biography
Over the last 15 years, I have had the honor and privilege of serving and supporting clients improve their mental health and trauma symptoms and structure their lives to align with their valued goals. I have enjoyed doing this work in a variety of settings from intensive outpatient (IOP), partial hospitalization (PHP), primary care integrated behavioral health, inpatient, forensic, residential, skilled care, and community mental health settings; and I had the added privilege of providing supervision and training to clinicians and staff in those settings.
Most recently, I served for 3+ years as Clinical Director of an integrated mental health IOP/PHP center in San Francisco, CA, where I oversaw and supported clinical care, a highly skilled team of clinicians, program development, and outcome measures to ensure gold standard whole-person care that is attuned to each patient’s needs and goals. I am passionate about helping and empowering individuals, couples, and families make meaningful values-oriented changes that allow for greater authenticity and connection.
My approach to therapy is collaborative, culturally responsive, trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive, and integrates evidence-based strategies that support creating and sustaining an authentic, meaningful, and connected life. I specialize in supporting folx struggling with the following issues:
*Chronic depression and/or anxiety
*Restrictive eating issues
*Social and emotional loneliness/isolation
*Personality and coping styles related to the following personality disorders - Obsessive Compulsive, Avoidant, Paranoid, Dependent, and Schizoid
*Overcontrolled coping styles that get in the way of meaningful connection and valued goals (e.g., hyperperfectionism, excessive self-control, chronic people-pleasing, rigidity)