I came to this work through my own experience in therapy. I started out anxious, overwhelmed, and not particularly connected to myself. Therapy helped me understand my patterns, my relationships, and why my brain seemed determined to make certain things more complicated than they needed to be. As life started to make a little more sense, it also started to feel less heavy. That experience is a big part of why I do this work today.

I work with adults and couples navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship challenges, identity, and self-worth. I especially enjoy working with gay men, LGBTQIA+ clients, and people in the entertainment industry who are trying to figure out who they are outside of expectations, roles, achievement, or performance.

My style is relational, warm, and real. I show up as myself in the room. I’ll gently challenge you when it might be helpful, help you make sense of what your brain is doing, and occasionally preface something with, “This is going to sound very therapist-y…” before saying something, admittedly, very therapist-y. Humor is part of how I connect with people, and it naturally finds its way into the work.

Before becoming a therapist, I spent more than a decade working in the entertainment industry. That experience, along with my own time in therapy, shaped how I think about identity, masking, relationships, and what it can feel like to move between different versions of yourself depending on the room you’re in.

I earned my undergraduate degree in Psychology and my master’s in Educational Psychology and Counseling from Cal State Northridge. I completed my clinical training at The Family Service Agency of Burbank, where I worked with clients across the lifespan.