about me

I am a licensed clinical social worker in private practice, working primarily with adults who are engaged in depth oriented psychotherapy and healing.

Before arriving here, my work took many forms. I spent years working with children and adolescents in schools and community settings, supporting young people and their families through complex emotional, relational, and developmental challenges. That work deeply shaped how I listen, how I pace, and how I understand the ways early experiences live on across the lifespan.

I have also lived and worked in multiple regions of the United States and Latin America, and spent many years in close relationship with Spanish speaking communities. Those experiences were profoundly formative, both personally and professionally. They continue to inform how I think about culture, identity, belonging, and the importance of understanding individual lives within their broader social and historical context.

My professional path has included advocacy and clinical work with survivors of domestic, physical, and sexual violence, community organizing, anti oppression education, forensic mental health assessment, and mental health services within public and community based settings. Along the way, I have been trained in a range of relational and depth oriented approaches, including work with attachment and couple dynamics, though my current practice is focused on individual psychotherapy.

Over time, my work has naturally evolved toward supporting adults who are seeking insight, integration, and integrity in how they live and relate. I value humility, ongoing self reflection, and the recognition that we are all shaped by lives that include both suffering and repair. I do not approach this work from a place of having it all figured out. Like many people drawn to healing professions, my own life has included profound challenge, loss, and long arcs of healing.

I continue to engage in my own support and reflective work, and I hold that as an essential part of ethical clinical practice. That lived experience continues to shape how I listen, how I pace the work, and how seriously I take the process of healing.

At its best, therapy is not about expertise over another, but about mutual trust, shared attention, presence, and care. It is a collaborative process that unfolds over time, shaped by context, relationship, and lived experience. It is a privilege to accompany people in their stories and to participate in work that supports awareness, coherence, and meaningful change.