I love working with adults who are ready for guidance and clarity, either due to a transition of sorts or through difficult terrain.

People who work with me tend to think of me as an ally, helping them to create the lives they want to live. I collaboratively draw upon people’s strengths, values, and competencies to navigate their way towards more fulfillment, freedom, purpose, and joy. I love helping people discover how they can experience sustainable feelings of aliveness and more connectedness, especially in relationship to others.

In 2010, I graduated with an M.A. from the Integral Counseling Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. At CIIS, I began to develop my own style of working with people, highly influenced by the ethics and worldviews informed by narrative therapy and mindfulness. I continue to learn from my work with an intimate group of narrative therapy colleagues who share similar values. As a couples therapist, I’m influenced by the Gottman’s research (completed Level 1 & 2 of Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy). I practice EMDR (completed Level 1 & 2 of EMDR training in 2015 with Laurel Parnell). Occasionally I do pro-bono work and save certain sliding scale spots in my practice for people whose finances are tight.

My approach is shaped by the incredible teachers I've had the privilege to directly study with. In Buddhism, I’ve sat in meditation retreats with Thich Nhat Hanh, Sylvia Boorstein, Anushka Fernandopulle, Pascal Auclair, Kamala Masters, Steve Armstrong, and Carol Wilson. In narrative therapy, I’ve studied with David Epston, Jill Freedman, and Gene Combs. I hold a B.A. in Literature and Philosophy from Sarah Lawrence College (2002) after attending Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre. Early experiences in community organizing after 9/11 in NYC greatly impacted my understanding around how systemic violence, power and privilege operate in relationships and the world. During and after graduate school, I worked with non-profits in San Francisco and the San Francisco Department of Public Health, focusing on HIV prevention, harm reduction, providing support to trans youth, and offering mental health consultation to leaders of organizations serving marginalized youth.

I come from both a Jewish lineage and an Italian-American family. In addition to loving what I do, I enjoy, experience nourishment, and find inspiration through traveling, experiencing art & performances, spending time with loved ones, laughing with friends and family, tending to my garden and small orchard, beekeeping, reading, and writing.