Night sky filled with stars and the Milky Way galaxy above pine trees.
A woman with shoulder-length dark curly hair and earrings, smiling while leaning against a large tree trunk in an outdoor setting.

I am a Lost Coast off-gridder turned city gal and a political activist turned psychotherapist.

I’m mixed race (Chinese and Russian Jewish), second-generation born in the U.S., from a working-class background, and able-bodied with some experience of chronic pain due to scoliosis.

I received my master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies and trained in gestalt therapy at Church Street Counseling Center. I now practice at the Center for Mindful Psychotherapy.

Lived experience

Some of the big themes I have grappled with in my lifetime are grief & loss, workaholism & perfectionism, gender & sexuality, scoliosis & body image, spirituality & creativity, anxiety & depression, trauma & ptsd, individualism & collectivism, sexual assault, infidelity & trust, monogamy & polyamory.

Training

• Master’s degree from California Institute of Integral Studies

• Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley

• 10 years in social justice, organizing, and leadership

• 200-hour yoga teacher training

• 20+ years of personal healing and embodiment work

• 6 months living abroad in Ghana and travel across five continents

• Ongoing study in trauma-informed, relational, and gestalt psychotherapy, including theory of mind and metacognition, window of tolerance, and somatic reset work

Outside the room

I’m sensitive, love to laugh, nibble on chocolate chips, read and write, walk with my partner and dog, and nerd out on astrology.