my approach / about me:

Life can be challenging to navigate without the right support, guidance, or resources. Expanding knowledge, awareness, and understanding while developing skills can help ease pain and transform suffering and trauma. My guiding values as a human being and a therapist include presence, compassion, integrity, respect, and balance. I believe that we all have the capacity to change and improve the quality of our lives.

For me, therapy is a collaborative relationship creating a sacred space for a deeper understanding of your lived experiences and inner landscape for growth to occur.  As an intuitive therapist, I utilize an integrative and holistic approach. With my training in the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM), together we focus on a future of hope and joy, learning wellness skills and building resilience to bring the body-mind-spirit back into balance. As a Certified Safe Conversations Workshop Leader, which is based on Imago Relationship Therapy, I guide you in learning the right communication tools that will transform your relationship with yourself and others.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles and in recent years relocated to North County San Diego. I have a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles and a Bachelor’s in Sociology from UCLA. I began my clinical training at Antioch Community Therapy Services, a grassroots community program and teletherapy pioneer that offers no-cost counseling services to anyone residing in California. I had the privilege of working with individuals from all walks of life. In addition to my therapy practice, I work for the Carlsbad Police Department, under a very unique prevention and intervention program where I get to provide school-based counseling services to youth ages 6-14. I have always loved working with children and teenagers, whether it was babysitting throughout my teen years, teaching swim or water polo lessons for quick cash, nannying middle schoolers during the pandemic, or teaching English to children in Costa Rica. Having this opportunity to work in collaboration with the schools and police department to support the well-being of students, their families, and the community is truly a dream position for me. I have immense gratitude for my diverse education, training, opportunities for mentorship, and lived experience.

If my approach resonates with you, please contact me to book a free consultation.