I'm fascinated by how relationships give us opportunities to integrate our shadows and become fully self-actualized humans (whether we want these growth opportunities or not). And I'm a relational therapist: I put the trust and safety of our therapeutic relationship at the heart of everything we share. I like to play with my clients, and explore new ways of holding their stories. I do a lot of mindful embodiment work, and love metaphors and nonverbal whole-intelligence investigations...while holding space for the fact that often, people just really need to talk about what's up for them.

I got my Master's in Integrative Psychological Counseling at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and did my training in Expressive Arts Therapy at the Chicago Center for Creative Arts Therapy. And I also use many other lenses. My somatic work is based on fifteen years of being a CA-licensed bodyworker, four years of being a registered yoga teacher, and thirty years of mindfulness practices. I also have certifications in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, DBT, NLP, and MBCT, and have passed Gottman Training Level 2. I also use Internal Family Systems, Gestalt, Emotionally Focussed Therapy, , psychodynamic, Jungian, and transpersonal lenses. I love shadow work and sneak it in whenever possible. And I think Esther Perel is great.

I'm interested in neuroscience, I teach and DJ tango, and I used to be a theatre and landscape designer. I have people in my life whom I love. I was an immigrant in Germany for a while, I'm Jewish, I vote Democrat, I'm an empath and an HSP, and I love murder mysteries.