My Style

I’ve heard from many people that their experience(s) with former therapists felt unsatisfactory or neutral, as their therapist was mostly just a sounding board or “decent listener.” While I will listen to you more attentively and closely, perhaps, than others in your life, I also bring myself into the room—meaning that I am not a distant observer, but someone who moves among a range of responses, from quiet listening to jokey-ness to thoughtful reflection to playfulness. 

My clients, as a result, tend to describe me as warm, thoughtful, funny, and kind.  And, I admit it: I take pride in the number of times I’ve been told from clients that they’ve “made more progress” with me than with therapists in the past and that they “feel more of a relationship with me”! pists in the East Bay & San Francisco

Hi there!

I have nearly a decade of experience working in private practice with people presenting with a range of different challenges, and was fortunate to receive training that exposed me to a variety of different working modalities; one private practice supervisor was a psychiatrist, the other a social worker.  I, myself, am an MFT! Over time, I have honed my work and developed specializations.  On a theoretical level, I have deepened my training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, most recently with a two-year intensive training program through San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis (SFCP).  On a clinical level, I have come to center my work on people in their 20s-40s, and feel uniquely capable in working with those who hope to improve their relational worlds.  I have a particular interest in helping folks who have identified themselves as having anxious or avoidant attachment styles.  I also enjoy working with people who simply wish to become more themselves and who wish to lead happier lives, whatever that may entail.

In addition to my psychotherapy practice, I have served on the board of the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology, and am currently serving on the editorial committee of fort da, a psychoanalytic journal.