ABOUT

I am a clinical psychologist licensed in the state of California and trained to work with adults and adolescents seeking help with a wide range of psychological and interpersonal issues. It is my belief that fear, sadness, alienation, painful relationships and other causes of deep emotional distress do not need to be permanent. I spent years researching the deeper, emotional aspects of resilience, and believe strongly that the confidential, safe, professional, boundaried, deeply personal nature of a therapeutic relationship is uniquely designed to help you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, a greater sense of self worth, and more flexibility in all areas of your life.

I am also deeply passionate about helping parents discover and incorporate psychological insight about their child into their parenting. Tantrums, power struggles, out of control behavior, separation anxiety and/or emotional withdrawal are not uncommon, but when more conventional parenting strategies fail to make an impact, parents can be left feeling overwhelmed, inadequate, fearful and alone. In my work, I help parents combine newfound insight into creative parenting strategies.