ABOUT ME

Therapy changed my life. I know personally and professionally its healing and transformative power. My education, training, and lived experiences inform my work and how I practice therapy.  I’ve worked hard to accept all parts of myself, heal, and embrace contentment.

As a young child, I was conditioned to be a people-pleaser and struggled with perfectionism. As a plus-size woman, I’ve grappled to accept my body as an instrument, and not an ornament, and strive toward body neutrality. 

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My initiation into motherhood was very challenging. I struggled with miscarriages and a high-risk pregnancy. In my late 30s, I had my oldest child in the early months of pandemic. At 41, I had my second child. I’m a survivor of postpartum depression and anxiety. Motherhood, and the matrescence journey, transformed me to my core.

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I live in Los Angeles with my husband, two children, dog, and cats.  I use she/her pronouns.  I am a straight, cis, able-bodied, plus-size, queer-allied woman of Northwestern European ancestry. I am a LGBT+ affirming provider. Both of my children are gender diverse. I am pro-choice and offer a safe space for people to process their abortion experiences. I am an anti-oppressive, liberationist, and anti-Trump therapist.

Training and Experience

  • Licensed therapist in California (LCSW 109159) and Kentucky (LCSW 259649)

  • Perinatal Mental Health Certified Therapist, PMH-C (PSI 26112717)

  • Advanced training from Postpartum Support International in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy, and Perinatal Grief and Loss

  • LA County Department of Mental Health four-month intensive training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  • MSW from California State University Northridge, 2018. MA in American History from the College of William and Mary, 2011


    I worked for seven years as a program manager at the Program for Torture Victims (PTVLA), a LA nonprofit that provides services to survivors of state-sponsored torture and persecution seeking asylum in the US. My work at PTV changed my life and inspired me to go back to graduate school to become a therapist. I went on to work with underserved and disenfranchised populations in community mental health for several years before opening my private practice.

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