Therapy is hard, but it doesn’t have to be a drag.
You may be looking for therapy because you’re concerned about your child, navigating challenges as a teenager, or feeling overwhelmed or stuck as an adult. Whatever brings you here, therapy can help, and it can feel engaging, supportive and even meaningful.
I’m a licensed clinical social worker with more than 15 years of experience, offering therapy in English and Spanish. I see clients in person in Rockridge, Oakland, convenient to Berkeley, Piedmont and Emeryville, and online throughout California.
About My Practice
I’m a Bay Area native, fluent in English and Spanish, and bicultural. Before private practice, I spent years working in the community, in schools, on a mobile crisis team, and with youth in foster care and juvenile justice. Therapy is serious work, but my approach is warm, relational and down-to-earth.
Children: Behavioral challenges at home or school, anxiety, big emotions, grief, and kids whose parents are separating or divorced. [Learn more]
Teens and young adults: Social anxiety, isolation, school avoidance, low mood, self-esteem and neurodivergence. [Learn more]
Adults: Men dealing with anger or relationship challenges, high-conflict divorce, and parents in stressful seasons. [Learn more]
How I work
With young children, I use play and creative work to help them express feelings they can’t yet put into words, and I partner closely with parents so progress carries over at home.
With teens and adults, I draw on CBT for practical tools and psychodynamic work to understand the patterns underneath.