Frequently Asked Questions

What is your therapeutic approach?

I offer an integrative approach combining depth psychotherapy, somatic experiencing, and Jungian psychology. This means I work with both the psychological depths—dreams, symbols, patterns, and soul—and the wisdom of the body and nervous system. My larger framework lives within the depth perspective, holding the view that "I am a human being; I consider nothing human alien to me." I meet clients with curiosity and compassion, empowering the wisdom of their inner healer. I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach—I meet people where they are and walk beside them, carrying a torch as we navigate the inner labyrinth toward soul.

What issues do you work with?

I specialize in trauma recovery (both developmental/complex trauma and PTSD), nervous system dysregulation, chronic illness and pain patterns, life transitions and threshold experiences, the motherhood journey, grief, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and highly sensitive people (HSP). I work with relational and attachment wounds, re-parenting, body image concerns, and connecting to the divine feminine and the alchemical cycles of life. I also accompany individuals experiencing life's initiations—the deaths and rebirths that call us to shed old skins and embrace expansion. I can sit with clients in whatever they're experiencing: shame, grief, devastation, depression, rage, peace, joy, or gratitude.

What is Somatic Experiencing?

Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a body-based approach to healing trauma developed by Peter Levine. Rather than focusing solely on talking about traumatic experiences, SE works with the nervous system directly through a bottom-up approach. I listen deeply to the wisdom of the body and physiology. This might look like reflecting what you're sharing and then inviting you into the body by asking, "What are you noticing in your body as you share that?" When we drop into the body, we often time travel to different experiences along the journey of our lives and are given the opportunity to experience completion where once there was wounding. Sometimes we simply drop into the truth of what's right underneath the surface of our social mask and finally get to feel and come into deeper congruence between our inner experience and our outer presentation.

What is depth psychology and how does it inform your work?

Depth psychology, rooted in the Jungian tradition, recognizes that our psyche contains multiple layers beyond conscious awareness. I work with dreams, active imagination, synchronicity, archetypal patterns, and the symbolic dimensions of experience. Influenced by thinkers like James Hillman, Marion Woodman, Marie-Louise von Franz, and Edward Edinger, I approach symptoms and struggles not just as problems to fix, but as meaningful communications from the soul seeking integration and wholeness.

Do you offer EMDR therapy?

Yes, I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), an evidence-based treatment for trauma and PTSD. EMDR helps process traumatic memories through bilateral stimulation, allowing the brain to reprocess disturbing experiences in a way that reduces their emotional charge and integrates them more adaptively. I pull from the wisdom of EMDR especially when working with a particularly sticky pattern or belief, or if that modality really resonates for you.

What does a typical session look like?

Sessions are collaborative and tailored to your unique needs. I step beyond recounting stories and into deep listening to the wisdom of your body and physiology. We use movement, sound, touch, image, meaning, and deep attunement to weave in a new thread to an old pattern. We might work with talking and insight, body awareness and sensation tracking, breathwork, dream exploration, active imagination, or supportive touch (with consent). I follow what wants to emerge in each session, honoring both the verbal and pre-verbal, the conscious and unconscious, the psychological and the somatic. The therapeutic container becomes a sacred space to compassionately witness and accompany you in the alchemical process of healing and growth.

Do you work with mothers and perinatal issues?

Yes, I specialize in the motherhood journey and offer motherhood support groups. My own journey through motherhood was deeply initiatory, and my somatic experiencing training proved essential during this liminal time. I understand the nervous system challenges of the perinatal period and hold space for the psychological and spiritual dimensions of becoming a mother. I work with individuals navigating pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and the profound transformation motherhood brings—each an opportunity for inner death and rebirth, shedding old skins to embrace expansion.

What is your background and training?

I hold a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth and Jungian Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. I completed the three-year Somatic Experiencing Practitioner training and am trained in EMDR. I'm also a certified yoga teacher (RYT 200hr+) with additional training in prenatal and postnatal yoga. My education includes extensive study of psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, archetypal, imaginal, mythopoetic, and soul-based perspectives, as well as work with sexual trauma, chronic illness, pain patterns, and somatic boundary work.

Who do you work with?

I work with individuals, couples, and groups. Clients best suited for working with me tend to be creative, curious, sensitive, feeling, intuitive (or desiring to be more connected to intuition and feeling), experiencing depression or anxiety, navigating life transitions—especially in the realms of relationship and parenthood—and ready to dive into patterns and explore therapeutic work beyond talk therapy and into the realms of somatic and imaginal. I work with highly sensitive people (HSP), those with ADHD, creative individuals, those in liminal transitions, and anyone feeling called to live more authentically and dive deep.

Do you offer virtual sessions?

Yes, I offer virtual psychotherapy sessions throughout California (LMFT #143845) and somatic experiencing sessions worldwide. I also see clients in person in the Santa Barbara area. Beyond individual therapy, I offer cycle-synced healing intensives, somatic experiencing coaching, and online courses including my Sacred Journey of Motherhood program.

What makes your approach different?

I bring together the psychological depths with somatic wisdom, the archetypal with the nervous system, the ancient with the contemporary. I honor complexity, paradox, and nuance. I believe healing isn't about fixing or returning to a former state, but about transformation. If we are lucky in this life, we will experience many inner deaths—each an opportunity to shed the scaly skin of yesterday, to embrace our own expansion, and enter a next dimension of life. If we fail to die, we fail to grow. The therapeutic container becomes a sacred space for this alchemical process. Sometimes this looks like deep attunement and tenderness, and sometimes this looks like challenging calcified beliefs and opening to the possibility of a more expansive cosmology. I offer a container large enough to hold the whole human experience: the messiness, grief, joy, confusion, and despair, all while guiding you toward a life of greater meaning, depth, and authentic connection.

How do I know if we're a good fit?

If you resonate with a soul-centered approach to healing, if you're drawn to working with both body and psyche, if you value depth over quick fixes, and if you're willing to meet yourself with curiosity and courage, we may be a good fit. Good fit or chemistry in the therapeutic relationship is essential fuel for moving the sacred container of therapy forward. I always invite people to book a free consultation to feel out the relational field and use your intuition to sense if we could do some deep work together.