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Forest Lake

Welcome
 

My background includes an MSW and a PhD in East-West Psychology, bringing together clinical training with a broad, integrative understanding of human experience. My doctoral work strengthened my ability to research carefully, listen critically, and draw thoughtfully from different therapeutic traditions. I've also lived across many parts of the country, in landscapes and communities as different from one another as the people I work with — an experience that shapes how I understand identity, culture, and belonging.

I pay close attention not just to what's said, but to what's underneath it — the patterns and contradictions that are harder to name. That's often where the real work happens: not just addressing surface symptoms, but shifting the deeper patterns that keep them in place. Whether you're new to therapy or returning after time away, I welcome you to reach out if you sense I might be a good fit.

I work with: Anxiety · Depression · Trauma · Gender Identity · LGBTQIA+ · Open Relationships & Polyamory · ADHD

 

Approaches: Psychodynamic & Depth Therapy · Relational Therapy · Somatic Work · Jungian Psychology · Ecopsychology · EMDR · CBT

 

Insurance accepted: Optum, UC Berkeley SHIP, United Healthcare, Cigna, Kaiser & Aetna (Colorado)

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Contact Me

*As my rates are adjusted now and then over time -- Please call me to discuss my current fee.  I try to make psychotherapy accessible to people with varied socioeconomic circumstances so please inquire about sliding scale.

I am committed to your privacy. Please do not include confidential or private information regarding your health condition in the form below. 

510-519-8804

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