Before becoming a therapist, I spent over fifteen years immersed in relational communication — as a community mediator, strategic planning facilitator for nonprofit and neighborhood leaders, and compassionate communication coach. This work sharpened my capacity to listen beneath content, navigate complexity, and stay present when stakes are high. It continues to inform how I work with people in moments of transition, conflict, and change.

My orientation has also been shaped by lived, cross-cultural experience as much as formal training. In 2009, I studied Tibetan Buddhist psychology and the cultural anthropology of Tibetans in exile in Dharamsala, India, where I encountered a deeply embodied understanding of compassion, humor, and the intimate relationship between suffering and reclamation. Later, while traveling throughout Latin America between 2016 and 2018, I witnessed (and was grateful to participate in) how ritual, community, and meaning-making facilitate regeneration — and how individual and collective healing are inseparable. These experiences influence how I attune, pace, and accompany clients in their work.

Like many people drawn to depth-oriented therapy, my path has also been shaped by a long process of disentangling from roles and narratives that required self-abandonment. This personal inquiry awakened a lasting curiosity about how relational patterns form and how identity is shaped within systems — family, culture, and society. It ultimately led me to pursue graduate training grounded in systems theory, which continues to guide how I think, listen, and practice.

Outside of the therapy room, I am nourished by contemplation, creativity, music, and humor. I tend to flora and fauna (my cats will appear in our sessions), write essays and poetry, protest with song, and engage in ongoing contemplative study and writing for the pleasure of learning.

I come to this work with sincerity, humility, and a deep respect
for each person’s inner knowing. I do not position myself as
an authority on your life, but as a sister on the path
— someone who walks alongside you, helps identify and
illuminate patterns, reminds you of your capacity and wise self,
and provides a tender and sturdy place for catharsis and reclamation.