in-person and virtual Psychotherapy · santa monica, Ca
Understand Yourself. Heal Deeply. Create Lasting Change.
Helping individuals, couples, and families throughout California navigate anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions through psychodynamic therapy, hypnotherapy, art therapy, and mind-body approaches.
Areas of Focus
How I Can Help You
Women's Mental Health
Specialized support for the unique emotional, hormonal, and relational challenges women face across every stage of life.
Couples Therapy
Rebuild trust, deepen connection, and develop healthier communication patterns with your partner.
Anxiety Therapy
Understand the roots of your anxiety and develop lasting tools to move through life with greater ease and confidence.
Trauma Therapy
Heal from past wounds with a compassionate, evidence-informed approach that honors your pace and your story.
Perinatal Mental Health
Compassionate support during pregnancy, postpartum, and the profound identity shifts of new parenthood.
Hypnotherapy
Access the deeper layers of your mind to release limiting patterns and create meaningful, lasting change.
Art Therapy & Creativity
Use creative expression as a pathway to insight, healing, and reconnecting with your authentic self.
Life Transitions
Navigate major life changes — career shifts, relationship changes, loss, and identity evolution — with clarity and support.
APCC
Licensed Therapist
My Approach
Therapy That Goes Deeper So You Can Heal for Real
I believe that real healing requires more than managing symptoms — it requires understanding yourself at a deeper level. My approach is rooted in psychodynamic therapy, which explores how your past experiences, unconscious patterns, and relational history shape who you are today.
I integrate hypnotherapy and mind-body techniques to help you access the parts of yourself that talk therapy alone may not reach. Mindfulness, somatic awareness, and insight-oriented work are woven throughout our sessions to support whole-person healing.
My goal is not quick fixes — it's lasting change that transforms how you relate to yourself and the world around you.
Client Stories
Words from Those I've Had the Honor of Supporting
Working with her has been truly transformative. I came in feeling lost and overwhelmed, and now I have tools, insight, and a sense of myself I didn't know was possible.— Sarah M.
I was skeptical about therapy, but her warm and non-judgmental approach made me feel safe from the very first session. I've grown more in six months than I have in years.— Jennifer K.
The combination of psychodynamic work and hypnotherapy was unlike anything I'd experienced. I finally understand the roots of my anxiety and have real strategies to heal.— Rachel T.
Begin Your Journey
Ready to Begin Your Healing Journey?
You don't have to navigate life's challenges alone. I'd be honored to support you.
Book a Free 15-Minute Consultation