Therapy is a collaborative process.

Rediscover your power, potential, & resilience through honoring all aspects of your identity.

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Personalized Care to meet you where you are.

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My practice combines depth psychology with spirituality and evidenced based treatments. Care is personalized to your current needs.

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What I do

Therapy is a safe, confidential space to express your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors without judgment. I support you in addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, and life transitions. Using creative, depth psychological, and evidence-based methods tailored to you, we develop coping strategies, build resilience, and foster personal growth. Therapy aims to increase self-awareness and equip you with tools for positive, lasting change and improved well-being.

  • Individual psychotherapy is a collaborative process between a client and therapist that explores thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to promote healing and growth. It offers a confidential space to address mental health, trauma, and develop personalized coping strategies. Goals are to enhance self-awareness, emotional regulation, and long-term well-being.

    I provide psychotherapy to adults (18+) in California. I offer Telehealth sessions, usually 50 minutes long, once a week or every two weeks depending on your needs.

  • First Responder therapy is a specialized form of mental health support designed to address the unique challenges faced by individuals such as firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and other emergency service personnel. These professionals frequently encounter traumatic events, high-stress situations, and critical incidents that can impact their emotional and psychological well-being.

    Therapeutic approaches for first responders focus on trauma recovery, stress management, and resilience building. Common techniques include cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness-based interventions. Treatment often emphasizes coping strategies to manage symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and burnout.

    A key component of first responder therapy is creating a safe, confidential space where individuals feel understood and supported, acknowledging the culture and demands of their professions.

    I offer flexible scheduling and accommodation for First Responder clients schedules. I ask for as much advance notice as possible when schedules change.

  • If you are in need more tailored and specific support, I offer addiction-focused counseling. I will provide psychoeducation on the process of recovery, and work with you to create a plan that meets your goals.

    Sessions usually last 50 minutes and occur weekly or every two weeks. They can happen alongside care from another therapist or during inpatient or outpatient substance use programs with coordination of care and releases of information.

  • We are social creatures. Working with a group of peers all making a collective choice to move towards change is a powerful experience.

    Groups have a maximum capacity of 10 people. Sessions are typically 90 minutes on a weekly basis and fees per session vary per group.

Available Services

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Telehealth Sessions — $175

I provide online therapy from a little cabin in the northern woods to Individuals across the State of California

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Outdoor Sessions — $175

I am able to provide outdoor walking sessions to Individuals in Humboldt County, CA, Dogs welcome.

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My Approaches.

  • Mindfulness-Based

    The goal of Mindfulness in therapy is to help develop the ability to stay in the present moment and experience thoughts and feelings without judgement and to avoid worrying about the past or future. As a relapse prevention tool, Mindfulness techniques will be taught to help in overcoming cravings and to help with managing triggers to use.

  • Ecotherapy

    This is a transdisciplinary practice designed to help you deeply reconnect with yourself by actively engaging with the natural world. A fundamental principle of this approach is the understanding that our inner world and the outer environment are intimately connected. Through intentional and mindful activities in nature, we can foster meaningful internal growth and healing.

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    EMDR is an evidence-based therapy for the treatment of single-event and chronic, or complex, trauma. This neurologically-informed therapy is geared towards assisting you to transform negative experiences into adaptive learning experiences.

  • Depth Psychology

    Depth psychology is a psychodynamic process that aims to help individuals become aware of what has been cast out of consciousness or not yet able to be known. Healing is associated with allowing what has been repressed, rejected, denied or ignored to come forward so that the person can understand, explore its significance and integrate it, allowing for a transformation in consciousness. Depth Psychology also attends to the way unconscious processes express themselves in society and culture, and how culture affects the psyche.

  • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

    Psychodynamic therapy is the psychological interpretation of mental and emotional processes. Rooted in traditional psychoanalysis, it draws from object relations, ego psychology, and self psychology. It was developed as a simpler, less-lengthy alternative to psychoanalysis. This type of therapy aims to address the foundation and formation of psychological processes. In this way, it seeks to reduce symptoms and improve people’s lives.

  • Liberation Psychology

    Liberation psychology is an orientation that seeks to develop and encourage local understandings and practices that can support people’s desires and actions to create a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world. In my work, using a Liberation Psychology framework places emphasis on empowerment through increasing awareness of the intersection of identity, culture, historical oppression, and individual potential.

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    The overall goal of DBT is to help you change the behavioral, emotional, thinking, and interpersonal patterns that are causing suffering in your life. This treatment will support you in learning mindfulness, interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance skills that lead to building a life worth living.

  • Expressive Arts Therapy

    The expressive therapies are the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy, including the distinct disciplines expressive arts therapy and the creative arts therapies. Unlike traditional arts expression, the process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product.

  • Integrative Counseling

    Integrative therapy is an approach to treatment that involves selecting the techniques from different therapeutic orientations best suited to a client’s particular problem. By tailoring the therapy to the individual, the goal is to produce the most significant and meaningful effects for each person.

  • Psychoeducation

    Psychoeducation is an evidence-based therapeutic intervention for patients and their loved ones that provides information and support to better understand and cope with illness and addiction recovery. This means I’ll be teaching you about the process of recovery, from initial physiological symptoms and PAWS (post acute withdrawal symptoms), to long-term solutions and recovery maintenance.

  • Motivational Interviewing

    Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a collaborative and goal-oriented style of communication designed to strengthen personal motivation and commitment to change. This technique will assist to explore your own reasons for change in an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

    Cognitive processing therapy is an evidence-based therapy used to help people recover from PTS and PTSD and related conditions. It includes elements of cognitive behavioral therapy treatments, one of the most widely used evidence-based therapies.

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What is Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy for the Soul

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of treatment that focuses on exploring the unconscious mind, emotional experiences, and early life relationships to gain insight into current psychological issues. It aims to uncover deep-seated patterns and unresolved conflicts that influence behaviors, thoughts, and emotions.

This therapy is often described as “psychotherapy for the soul” because it delves beneath surface symptoms to address the core of emotional suffering. By bringing unconscious material into awareness, individuals can achieve greater self-understanding, emotional healing, and meaningful change.

In the therapeutic process, the relationship between the therapist and client serves as a key tool for exploring interpersonal dynamics and fostering growth. This approach can be particularly effective for trauma recovery, anxiety, depression, and other complex mental health difficulties. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is offered as part of a holistic treatment plan tailored to your unique needs, supporting long-term mental health and well-being.

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