Integrative Trauma Therapy

  • Expressive Arts Therapy with Collage and Writing

  • For teens and adults in California or Florida

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Beyond talk therapy

My therapeutic approach is to help steward your journey alongside you, allowing the natural healing process to unfold. While I draw from traditional talk therapy modalities, such as a CBT and family systems, I also offer somatic techniques to help support nervous system regulation and healing.

For clients interested in Expressive Arts Therapy, I utilize Collage Therapy and Writing/Poetry for Processing. Many people are “intellectualizers,” and these modalities call for a flow state that can unveil underlying emotions, patterns, and perspectives.

Each individual’s journey requires a uniquely tailored therapeutic approach. Together, we focus on cultivating self-compassion, identifying and challenging limiting beliefs, and introducing tangible new tools in the direction of your goals.

  • Even when it’s welcome, change can feel overwhelming. Whether you’re navigating a career shift, entering or leaving a relationship, becoming a parent, or facing an unexpected loss, transitions can stir up uncertainty, grief, as well as past traumas.

    Therapy provides a compassionate space to pause, process, and find alignment during times of change.

  • Anxiety can feel overwhelming—like your mind won’t stop racing, your body won’t calm down, and you’re constantly bracing for what might go wrong. If you find yourself stuck in cycles of worry, overthinking, or pressure to ‘hold it all together,’ you’re not alone.

    Treatment for anxiety is highly individualized. It could mean challenging unhelpful thoughts, setting boundaries, or perhaps practicing techniques that soothe and regulate your nervous system.

  • Many of my clients are high achieving women who find themselves burned out, overlooked, or taken advantage of at work, despite giving so much of themselves.

    Work can take a lot out of you, especially when you’ve been taught to push yourself, strive for perfection, and put others’ needs before your own.

  • Though I work with clients from a variety of different backgrounds, a majority of my clients are 1st and 2nd generation American.

    In many cultures, traditions of interdependence and loyalty can be a source of strength and belonging, but also create pressure around academic or career success, or balancing your own needs with the expectations of parents and extended family.

    We’ll gently explore how these dynamics have shaped your sense of identity, and patterns of relating that may no longer be serving you.

  • Depression can affect every part of life—your energy, motivation, relationships, and sense of meaning. It may show up as sadness, emptiness, irritability, fatigue, or a feeling of being “stuck.”

    We’ll work together to understand what’s contributing to your depression—whether it’s stress, unresolved trauma, relationship challenges, or negative thought patterns, for example

  • Adolescence can be a confusing and overwhelming stage, filled with pressures from school, social media, friendships, and family. Therapy provides a safe and supportive space for teens to express themselves, build confidence, and learn healthy ways to cope with stress, anxiety, depression, or relationship challenges.

    My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and geared toward helping teens develop resilience, self-understanding, and stronger communication

Areas of focus

Expressive Arts Therapy

Collage

How it works: clients receive guidance about creating a spontaneous, intuitively-driven collage piece that they bring to session for us to discuss. I may offer prompt suggestions that relate to a particular dynamic, issue or theme from therapy. This can be an incredible tool to unlock understanding about subjects that we may not quite have the words to convey.

Poetry

Poetry offers another healing avenue for creative expression and healing. I provide clients with guidance and prompts, then the end product is shared in session. The process itself is therapeutic, as you give language to the emotions that may not have had a voice.

About

I have 10 years of experience working in the mental health field, with six years spent providing trauma-informed therapy in public systems before opening my private practice in 2022. My style is intuitive and empathetic, and also honest and practical.

If you are looking for someone to listen compassionately and be a respectful witness to your journey, who can offer you skills and alternative possibilities and perspectives, and to support your path forward, we may be a good fit.

Education

  • Sacramento State, MA in Social Work (thesis on medical resident burnout)

  • UC Berkeley, BA in Rhetoric

Some of my training background includes

  • EMDR Certification from EMDRIA

  • 1 year internship with Kaiser’s Center for Integrative Care

  • 2 year internship at CommuniCare’s Integrative Behavioral Health program (FQHC)

  • UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Program certification

  • Wellness Recovery Action Plan facilitator

  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training

Testimonials

Services

I provide individual telehealth therapy for teens and adults currently residing in California or Florida.

I typically meet with clients on a weekly basis, as regular and consistent sessions allow us to build momentum in the work.

Rates

Please schedule a consult to discuss rates. I don’t accept insurance but can provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance company.

I also offer a limited number of sliding-scale spaces for students and individuals experiencing financial hardship.

Schedule a free 20-minute consultation

On a call, we’ll discuss about what brings you to therapy, what your goals are, and how I might approach your concerns, plus any questions you have.

“We don’t heal in isolation; we heal in connection.”

Esther Perel