Welcome! I am a licensed psychotherapist located in Los Angeles who specializes in helping adults heal from trauma and insecure attachment through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens.
My Approach
Do you have good insight into the problems or challenges in your life but feel frustrated that nothing is changing? Do you feel like your own needs often take a backseat as you strive to find connection and a sense of safety in the world? I specialize in helping adults who are stuck in conflict between internal parts of themselves access inner trust, healing, and empowerment so they can feel more connected to their authentic self, values, and goals. I work from an attachment-focused, trauma-informed lens, and my approach is feminist, queer-affirming, sex-positive, social justice-oriented, and culturally-inclusive.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I hold advanced training in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS). IFS is a non-pathologizing approach to therapy that is grounded in the belief that our inner experience is made up of multiple “parts” that show up in various ways to protect us and help us survive. Through trauma and other adverse life experiences, parts shift into extreme roles (such as overworking, shutting down) and become burdened with shame, blame, and other negative core beliefs. This can lead to disconnection and a lack of inner trust.
Through IFS, we'll take a curious and compassionate stance towards getting to know your parts and how they show up in the body. We’ll work to surface unconscious patterns, identify the root of your pain, and validate your inner child, allowing you to unburden deep emotional wounds and restore connection, trust, and harmony to your internal system. I strongly believe that the patterns we want to change originate from an adaptive place of survival. I’ll help you to shift what’s no longer working while understanding the good intentions that were there all along.
My Background
I have been a practicing psychotherapist for 8 years. Prior to opening my private practice, I worked for 4 years in community mental health providing psychotherapy and crisis-intervention services to individuals experiencing homelessness, chronic medical issues, and co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions. I have also worked in the re-entry field, providing psychotherapy to folks transitioning out of prison. These experiences helped to shape my passion for social justice issues and my desire to more deeply explore working with complex trauma and attachment. In private practice, I have continued to enhance my clinical skills and pursue deeper learning through the IFS Institute, where I have completed Level 1 training.
My work is rooted in the belief that painful feelings, behaviors, and conditions are, in their own ways, adaptive responses to adversity. I am passionate about de-stigmatizing therapy and pushing against systems that pathologize mental health. I am committed to providing deeply affirming care that actively acknowledges and explores the impact of systemic oppression on marginalized communities.
