My psychotherapy practice has evolved from the heart of Depth Psychology. My Master’s in Counseling Psychology is from Pacifica Graduate Institute. I completed my undergraduate degree at California State University, Sacramento with a degree in Women’s Studies / Feminist Theory – the study of gender, power, institutions, and political ideologies.

I use a Humanistic / Buddhist Psychology as a methodology for compassionately addressing the matters of the Soul. We will take a relational approach together, to develop a deep understanding of your unique experience, and the challenges of your journey. My work is to join with you and accompany you to your own insights and wisdom.

My practice can be considered alchemy in that it can transform the unwanted and uncomfortable material of everyday life into something meaningful, consequently helping us to connect with the gold inherent in our being.

My experience and my belief is that within a safe and intimate psychotherapy relationship a period of chaos, grief, and confusion, can open the heart and the mind up to an experience of emotional growth, enhanced relationships with self and other, and the gain of healthy understanding from personal insight drawn out in the work of psychotherapy.

When I am not at the therapy office - I enjoy the study of Zen Buddhism and other ancient Healing Arts that have served to benefit the human experience. I practice nonviolent communication and spiritual investigation. I am a 6th generation native to Grass Valley, California, where my ancestors settled in search of gold.

My spouse and I work at cultivating a life of love and simplicity, tending the fruit trees and flowers that my grandparents planted decades ago, gardening vegetables, caring for animals, chasing chickens, watching our family grow, cooking, celebrating, dancing, singing, and playing with our 2 young grandsons.