a therapist who’s been there

There was no way I could have prepared for the loss of my loved one. My best friend, my north star, my parent. It’s a kind of pain, shock and trauma that no one can prepare you for.

My clinical focus had always been trauma and relationships. However once I experienced my own loss and was thrown into my own grief story, I was forced to recognize just how complex and challenging living after loss was. I began to realize that you really can’t understand what it’s like until you go through it yourself, and I noticed how little concrete support there seemingly was- in the therapy world and anywhere else. It was then that I shifted my clinical focus to grief work and became a bereavement therapist for Hospice of Santa Barbara before opening my own private practice.

In our work together, you will experience a non-judgmental space to feel it all- the guilt, the anger, the fear, the anxiety, the confusion, the pain, all while being held (metaphorically) with deep compassion and understanding by someone who really does get it and is dedicated to helping you survive and eventually thrive.

Artwork has been a pillar of my emotional expression and healing ever since I can remember, and when it fits, I love to invite clients to explore their own emotional landscape non-verbally, using color and shape and visuals to express what sometimes language can’t.