I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor (California MFC #49725, LPCC #1339) and I love that I get to work with aliveness everyday: helping people drop more deeply into their experience, befriend all parts of themselves, and become more present.
I have been around the block a few times. It is almost impossible to shock me, though I am happy for you to try. I can hold a very large, non-judgmental space for inquiry.
I have never encountered a type of transformational program that I didn’t try. I started by forging my mother’s signature to get into the est training when I was 17. Since then, I’ve continued trying everything. I was raised in the religion of psychoanalysis, and I still believe that is one of the most impactful, profound rewiring experiences a person can have. One type of change that I didn’t embrace for the longest time was 12-step recovery, until I finally did.
I argued with Allen Ginsburg at the Naropa Institute when he said something was “like virgin pussy,” and I once explained to Helen Mirren the difference between baking soda and baking powder in line at Trader Joe’s.
More official professional details are below but here I wanted to give you a sense of who you’d meet in working with me. In my spare time I like cooking and fermenting without recipes, and advancing at Pickleball.
If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family. —Ram Dass
EDUCATION:
M.A., Counseling Psychology with an Emphasis in Depth Psychotherapy, Pacifica Graduate Institute
B.A., Women’s Studies, Brown University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
M.A., English and Theater Arts, Rhode Island College and Trinity Repertory Theater
TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS GIVEN:
Emotional Intelligence: What Is It and How to Develop It in Your Family
A Less-Insane Approach to College Admissions
The Benefits of Risk
Managing Your Child’s Anxiety and Stress in Middle School
Managing Conflict/ Developing Grit
Mindfulness for Families and Kids
Parenting with Two Radically Different Parenting Styles
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (MFC #48725)
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC #1339)
Trained I.D. Session Facilitator from the Identity Development Institute in Los Angeles.
Trained as a coach in Collaborative Divorce by the Los Angeles County Family Law Association (LACFLA)
Loyola Law School Center for Conflict Resolution, volunteer assisting middle and low income couples in divorcing without litigation
40-hour Mediation Training, Asian-American Dispute Resolution Center
Our House Grief Support, training in children’s grief, continuing work as a volunteer in schools
Inner Kids Professional Training, Teaching Mindfulness to Kids and Teens, with Susan Kaiser-Greenland and Tandy Parks, Level One and Two
Dynamic Emotion-Focused Therapy with Susan Warren Warshow, Level One