About Me

I hold a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles, and completed two years of postgraduate training at the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies (LAISPS), focusing on psychoanalytic psychotherapy, addiction, personality disorders, and eating disorders. I’m also trained in Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). Alongside my private practice, I work in intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, and have experience in community clinics.

Before becoming a therapist, I earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, with a minor in Spanish and Portuguese, from Pitzer College, and offer therapy in those languages. I spent time working in the coffee and wine industries, building relationships with producers across Latin America and Spain, crafting my own wines, and writing about wine production. Those experiences taught me a lot about connection, patience, and collaboration—qualities I bring into my work with clients.

My therapeutic approach is thoughtful and relational, focused on the present moment and helping you better understand and manage what’s going on inside.