My professional training in this field began in 2011 under the guidance of the community that supported my healing process as a teenager. During these early years I worked closely with adolescents whose traumas and addictions were no match for traditional forms of talk therapy, and these kids humbled me to a place of rawness, authenticity, and creativity that is now a foundational part of my work. In 2015 I received a Bachelors degree in Religious Studies from UC Berkeley where I primarily studied philosophy of religion, inspired by my interest in how systems of belief impact our individual psyches. I obtained my Masters degree in Holistic Counseling Psychology from John F. Kennedy University (now National University) in 2018, after which I transitioned into working in a more traditional therapeutic setting, still focusing my work on the treatment of trauma. I have received post graduate training in EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Attachment Based Therapy, as well as modalities that incorporate the physical body into the healing process.

My life outside of therapy looks like...