About me
I am a Lost Coast off-gridder turned city gal and a political activist turned psychotherapist. I am 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 studied counseling psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, completed practicum at Church Street Integral Counseling Center, and currently work at the Center for Mindful Psychotherapy.
I believe it is a gift to witness your vulnerability and truth. Thank you for sharing yourself, exactly as you are. I aim for deep presence with my own process, owning what is mine so that I can be with what is yours. I commit to remaining curious. I treasure the role of collaborator and guide, while holding the value that you are the expert of your own experience.
Some of the big themes I have grappled with in my life are grief and loss, caregiving, workaholism, hyper-responsibility, sexuality and gender, body image and scoliosis, spirituality and psychedelics, depression and anxiety, attachment, assault, complex trauma and PTSD, individualism and collectivism, monogamy and polyamory, trust and infidelity, and disconnection from creativity.
I am sensitive, love to laugh, nibble on chocolate chips, walk with my partner and dog, read and write, and nerd out on astrology.
EXPERIENCE
3 years of study and training in counseling psychology
10 years in social justice and community organizing
4 years managing people and teams
20 years of personal, intentional growth and healing
200-hour yoga teacher training
4-month education and volunteering abroad in Ghana
Travel within 5 continents