THERAPY
We offer therapy for individual adults and adolescents, couples and relationships in person in South Pasadena and via telehealth throughout California. Our approach is psychoanalytic and relational. These are a few groups of people that we have particular depth and training working with.
We offer therapy for individual adults and adolescents, couples and relationships in person in South Pasadena and via telehealth throughout California. Our approach is psychoanalytic and relational. These are a few groups of people that we have particular depth and training working with.
Life transitions
Life is a series of transitions from birth to death. Every transition is an opportunity for a true confrontation with our selves: relationship changes, grief & loss, parenthood, career shifts, or the emergence of a new identity.
Early adulthood in particular can bring questions and anxiety related to identity formation, relationships, and vocation.
LGBTQIA+
The experience of being LGBTQIA+ may include coming out, family estrangement, and internalized homophobia or transphobia. But it also includes queer kinship building, love and sex, creating art and culture that shapes the wider world, and passing down resilience and joy to the next generation. We are attuned to the many ways being LGBTQIA+ may impact your life.
anxiety & depression
We work together to reduce the intensity of your anxiety or depression, and we do so in part by seeking to understand the root of these symptoms. Emotional pain is a signal that can tell us what needs your deeper attention.
Life transitions
Life is a series of transitions from birth to death. Every transition is an opportunity for a true confrontation with our selves: relationship changes, grief & loss, parenthood, career shifts, or the emergence of a new identity.
Early adulthood in particular can bring questions and anxiety related to identity formation, relationships, and vocation.
LGBTQIA+
The experience of being LGBTQIA+ may include coming out, family estrangement, and internalized homophobia or transphobia. But it also includes queer kinship building, love and sex, creating art and culture that shapes the wider world, and passing down resilience and joy to the next generation. We are attuned to the many ways being LGBTQIA+ may impact your life.
anxiety & depression
We work together to reduce the intensity of your anxiety or depression, and we do so in part by seeking to understand the root of these symptoms. Emotional pain is a signal that can tell us what needs your deeper attention.
CREATIVES
Creatives often find themselves at the intersection of identity and work — dealing with creative blocks, visibility anxiety, and struggling with the the complexity of building a stable financial life around something with so much personal meaning.
THERAPISTS
Clinicians deserve their own space too. I work with therapists and trainees navigating the particular pressures of this profession — including what shows up in your own clinical work.
ACADEMIC PRESSURE
Whether the pressure comes from parents, school, or the voice in your own head, we can help you find a way to succeed without losing yourself in the process.
THERAPISTS
Clinicians deserve their own space too. I work with therapists and trainees navigating the particular pressures of this profession — including what shows up in your own clinical work.
CREATIVES
Creatives often find themselves at the intersection of identity and work — dealing with creative blocks, visibility anxiety, and struggling with the the complexity of building a stable financial life around something with so much personal meaning.
ACADEMIC PRESSURE
Whether the pressure comes from parents, school, or the voice in your own head, we can help you find a way to succeed without losing yourself in the process.
How I approach supervision
I also bring a sustained focus on social and political context. Our clients' emotional lives are shaped by race, class, gender, sexuality, and power — and so is the therapeutic space itself.
Supervision, at its best, is its own kind of relational experience. The dynamics that arise between supervisor and supervisee around authority, evaluation, uncertainty, and the wish to be seen as competent are critical parts of the learning process. I try to use what happens between us to illuminate what might be happening in your work with clients.
My orientation is psychoanalytic and relational. That means I'm interested in the unconscious dimensions of clinical work: what gets activated in you by a particular client, what you find yourself avoiding. The benefot of supervision or consultation is having another observer to help us see the relational dynamics at play in our work, and sometimes, and auxiliarymind to help us think.
Ultimately, my goal is to help you develop a clinical voice that is genuinely your own — informed, reflective, and grounded in real relationship.
What to Expect
Here's what the process of starting depth-oriented therapy typically looks like.
First Step:
Free 15 minute consultation
We meet briefly by phone or Zoom to talk about what you're looking for and whether working together feels like a potential fit. There's no obligation, and it's a chance for you to ask questions too.
Getting Started:
Initial Sessions
The first few sessions are a chance for us to get to know each other and for me to understand what's brought you here. I don't expect you to arrive with a clear agenda — often the most important material surfaces on its own.
Ongoing Work:
Regular weekly sessions
Most people I work with meet weekly, at least initially. Occasionally we may decide to meet more frequently to benefit the therapeutic work. Depth-oriented therapy benefits from consistency and regularity.
Timeframe:
Open-ended, not indefinite
This kind of therapy isn't short-term by design, but it isn't endless either. We'll check in regularly about how the work is going, what's shifting, and what you need.
Session Format
Individual sessions are 50 minutes, weekly. Couples and relationship sessions may be extended. I see patients in person at my office in South Pasadena, and via Zoom or Google Meet for telehealth.
Fees & Insurance
Individual therapy is $225 per session. Couples and relationships are $250. Fees are ayable by cash, check, or Zelle. I am not in-network with any insurance, but I can provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement. Sliding scale is available for approximately 30% of my caseload.
The office
What to expect
Here's what the process of starting depth-oriented therapy typically looks like.
1 - First Step: Free 15 minute consultation
We meet briefly by phone or Zoom to talk about what you're looking for and whether working together feels like a potential fit. There's no obligation, and it's a chance for you to ask questions too.
2 - Getting Started: Initial Sessions
The first few sessions are a chance for us to get to know each other and for me to understand what's brought you here. I don't expect you to arrive with a clear agenda — often the most important material surfaces on its own.
3- Ongoing Work: Regular weekly sessions
Most people I work with meet weekly, at least initially. Occasionally we may decide to meet more frequently to benefit the therapeutic work. Depth-oriented therapy benefits from consistency and regularity.
4 - Timeframe: Open-ended, not indefinite
This kind of therapy isn't short-term by design, but it isn't endless either. We'll check in regularly about how the work is going, what's shifting, and what you need.
Format
& Fees
Consultation
Licensed Therapists
I offer individual consultation for licensed therapists seeking to deepen psychoanalytic thinking, work through a complex case, or develop more nuanced affirming practice — particularly with LGBTQIA+ clients.
Available as an ongoing arrangement or for a defined period. My rate for consultation is the same as my clinical fee, but if interested always reach out to discuss format and fee. I aim to make consultation as accessible as possible.
Supervision
AMFTs, ASWs, Pre-licensed Therapists
As required by California law, pre-licensed therapists that I supervise are employed as W2 employees of my practice. Supervision is individual or triadic, weekly, and 60 minutes per session. I am a BBS-approved supervisor.
Positions open on a rolling basis. If you are interested, I encourage you to reach out even if I am not actively hiring — it is worth connecting in advance of a potential opening.
Fees & Insurance
Individual therapy is $225 per session. Couples and relationships are $250. Fees are ayable by cash, check, or Zelle. I am not in-network with any insurance, but I can provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement. Sliding scale is available for approximately 30% of my caseload.
Looking for lower fees?
The associate therapists I supervise offer sessions at reduced rates. They work with a wide range of adults, teens, and couples under my direct supervision.
Session Format
Individual sessions are 50 minutes, weekly. Couples and relationship sessions may be extended. I see patients in person at my office in South Pasadena, and via Zoom or Google Meet for telehealth.
Fees & Insurance
Individual therapy is $225 per session. Couples and relationships are $250. Fees are ayable by cash, check, or Zelle. I am not in-network with any insurance, but I can provide a superbill for out-of-network reimbursement. Sliding scale is available for approximately 30% of my caseload.
Sliding scale
The associate therapists I supervise offer sessions at reduced rates. They work with a wide range of adults, teens, and couples under my direct supervision.