I am a licensed psychotherapist in Los Angeles, CA. I see a diverse group of adults, couples, and relationships in my practice. My style is engaged, curious, and warm. Many people in my practice come to therapy to address anxiety, depression, grief, and relational issues. I support people working through major life changes such as career shifts, relationship transition, coming into new identities, or mourning loss. In moments of great change, we have the opportunity to deepen our understanding of ourselves. Therapy offers us the space to be held while we do the hard work that leads to growth and transformation. 

 

I’ve worked extensively with LGBTQIA+ people, therapists and those in training to become mental health practitioners, creatives and performers, emerging adults, people considering the expansion of a relationship by having children or exploring consensual nonmonogamy, to name a few. 

 

Often a person will come to therapy looking for help to make sense of a deeper persistent feeling that they cannot verbalize. In other words, sometimes we are led to seek out help by parts of ourselves we are not yet in touch with. Psychoanalytic therapy is a wonderful tool for bringing some of these deeper feelings out of the depths and into a space where we can verbalize, explore, and make meaning of these feelings.

 

Psychoanalytic work is based on the idea that we are often motivated and influenced by unconscious thoughts, feelings, and wishes, and that these may underlie our present challenges (anxiety, depression, disconnection, etc.) We explore these through close listening, dream analysis, paying attention to the relationship between the therapist and patient, knowing that it may connect to past relational patterns. We work to understand defenses that block emotional awareness, and address issues related to how you see yourself. Sessions take place 1-4 times a week and asks that patients communicate as openly and freely as possible. The frequency of sessions allows for the work to deepen, maintain instensity, and see shifts move from inner life to outer life. 

 

In addition to working as a therapist, I supervise pre-licensed clinicians in my practice and offer consultation to clinicians seeking to deepen their understanding of LGBTQ-Affirmative therapy, and psychoanalytic concepts and techniques. 

 

In line with my commitment to ensuring access to quality mental health care, I serve as the Executive Director of Coldwater Counseling Center, a community mental health clinic in Studio City, CA. For over 40 years, the clinic has offered Jungian depth psychotherapy to the community at an affordable cost.

 

As part of the LGBTQ community I have seen how intersecting systems of oppression affect individual and community mental health. One’s relationship to power via race, class, gender, and ethnicity is present in all parts of our experience, and the therapeutic space is no exception. I am a white cisgender queer woman, and I bring consciousness of these aspects of my identity into our work together. ​

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If you are interested in learning more or working together in therapy, supervision, or consultation, please reach out.