For the past fifteen years I have been counseling individuals, couples, adolescents, and families who face a variety of psychological and spiritual challenges. My aim is not only to assist clients in overcoming emotional and relational challenges, but also to support them in discovering and expanding into their greatest spiritual and human possibilities.

I specialize in somatic approaches to psychology which aim to ground and integrate psychological transformation at the level of the body. In addition to my background in psychology, I am trained in Somatic Experiencing—an approach that integrates trauma that is stored in the body, as well yoga psychology and āsana.

Aconsejamiento Psicologico Bilingue / Bilingual Counseling
Ofrezco servicios psicologicos en Español para quienes no puedan hablar Inglés sufficientemente para realizar trabajo psicologico, o que prefieran realizar trabajo psicologico en su idioma nativo. Todos los servicios descritos abajo son tambien ofrecidos en Español. / I offer psychological services for those who do not speak sufficient English to do psychological work, or who prefer to do psychological work in their native language. All of the services described below are available in Spanish.

Individual Work
I work with individuals dealing with a wide variety of challenges, including: family-of-origin issues, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, cultivating self-acceptance and self-love, recovery from trauma, body image, sexuality, the psychological challenges of fertility and parenting, post traumatic stress disorder and healing from trauma, coping with illness, and spiritual issues.

Couples Counseling
I work with couples to support them in improving communication, resolving conflict, improving emotional and sexual intimacy, and identifying and working with childhood wounds and patterns that impact their relationships. Couples learn to identify and communicate their needs, navigate conflicts skillfully, tolerate and support differences in one another, improve parenting skills, release codependent and enabling behaviors, and break through obstacles to fulfilling sexual experience.

Children and Adolescents
I have experienced great success in working with children and teenagers struggling with a variety of challenges, including: anger management, anxiety, depression, stress due to separation and divorce, poor performance in school, drugs and alcohol, and body image. My approach often includes the occasional or frequent participation of one or more parents, as well as siblings and other family members. Through increasing support and communication within the family, children and adolescents are able to decrease acting-out behaviors and improve psychological symptoms.

Spiritual Issues
For many years, I have worked with individuals struggling with a variety of spiritual issues who have sought support in working through these challenges from a psychological perspective that recognizes and values spiritual experience and insight. I have successfully worked with spiritual emergency, individuals who have been wounded through involvement with a spiritual community or teacher, those who experience disillusionment with the spiritual path or with their own spiritual inflation, and a variety of other related issues.

Telephone Sessions
I am also available to do counseling sessions via telephone for those who live outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.