Create Lasting Change

I specialize in therapy with people who want to get to the root of their suffering and discover what is blocking them from fully engaging with life.

I often work with people who describe having a commitment to self-growth, but feel like they’ve lost their path or are feeling numb to life. Tired of feeling stagnant, they long to reconnect with a sense of aliveness and an ability to move forward in life. Sometimes the source of suffering seems clear and due to specific life circumstances. More often, it is unclear and feels like an inner state that won’t let go, and happiness is fleeting.

In my work I have seen how the most overwhelming times can be doorways to transformation, leading to wholeness and depth in each individual’s life. Symptoms are signals that tell us to wake up and pay attention to what is unresolved and causing distress. This can happen when we’ve gone off-course in life, have buried grief, or when old traumas begin to resurface. Often we get the message early on that we have to be with our feelings on our own to protect others or ourselves. Over time we learn to turn away from our own suffering to feel less pain in the moment, but in doing so we lose the ability to feel a range of emotions including joy and fulfillment. Cut off from our deepest feelings, it is impossible to stay connected to what we want and need, let alone get at the source of our suffering. This can lead to feelings of isolation, sadness, and a nagging sense of being out of step with one’s true nature.

I specialize in helping people access the transformation within those difficult times. I’m trained in depth and body-mind therapies that help us access what is outside of everyday awareness – our core beliefs and motivations, as well as inspiration and creativity. This is often not accessible by analyzing and thinking things through. It takes cultivating a safe space in which all of your experience is welcome, where we listen to your body, heart and spirit. We begin to uncover the barriers that hold you back and feed negative patterns. Then, you begin to discover again what you want and need in order to feel alive and live authentically.

SOME TREATMENT AREAS –
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Recovery from childhood trauma
- Relationships & intimacy
- Spiritual inquiry
- Pregnancy loss

(415) 820-3202

312 Third Ave.,
San Francisco, CA 94131