I’m a psychotherapist with a past life as an artist, offering empathy, insight, and authenticity for seekers of self-discovery and meaningful transformation — bridging the seen and unseen, listening for the unspoken.
Credentials
MA, Integral Counseling Psychology
California Institute of Integral Studies
California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #114969
Certifications:
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy,
Hakomi Institute
Jungian Oriented Psychotherapy,
C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
EMDR Level 1, EMDRIA
A San Francisco psychotherapist, I work with sensitive, creative, and gifted individuals from a psychodynamic, somatic, and relational perspective.
In session, I listen with my whole body, attuning to subtle shifts, sensations, and pauses that signal something meaningful — a deeper awareness that opens the way to clarity and healing.
Before I held space for others, I had to learn how to hold myself. I became the person I needed. Now I offer that presence to others.
Before I was a therapist, I was an artist.
I earned an MFA in photography, worked in Chelsea galleries, at the International Center of Photography, and assisted artists whose names appeared in Artforum and museum catalogs.
On the outside, I was an emerging artist in NYC with a curated life.
Inside, a precipitous fall into addiction that distorted my sense of time, self, and place.
There were relapses and recoveries — and finally, an offer disguised as an ultimatum: the promise that I would get my dreams back.
That’s how I got to San Francisco.
I spent 35 days at a residential treatment center in Marin County — unraveling, reckoning, remembering.
I consider my experience in rehab the true beginning of my training to become a therapist.
While I was in treatment, my family cleared out my NYC apartment. I never went back.
Instead, I stayed — and changed everything.
Early sobriety is like early childhood development — relearning how to exist, relate, and cope without substances.
I felt like a freshly peeled nectarine — raw, tender, exposed. I was rebuilding not just a life, but a nervous system, one breath at a time.
After treatment, I was referred to a Columbia-trained psychoanalyst — a former New Yorker practicing in Mill Valley.
One day in session, Dr. Deri looked at me and said:
“You have seer’s eyes. This is your work.”
That sentence changed everything.
I went back to school and began studying the psyche with the sense that my life depended on it.
That was 13 years and a lifetime ago.
I’m a trauma informed therapist in San Francisco specializing in depth therapy for empaths, artists, survivors, and seekers navigating trauma, addiction, identity, and relationships.
I offer therapy for those rebuilding after collapse.
Not from theory — from memory.
Bridging the Psychological & the Soulful
If you’re navigating collapse, rebuilding your life, or seeking a depth therapist who offers honesty grounded in recovery — reach out.
MA, Integral Counseling Psychology
California Institute of Integral Studies
California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #114969
Certifications:
Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy,
Hakomi Institute
Jungian Oriented Psychotherapy,
C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
EMDR Level 1, EMDRIA
Vulnerability isn’t a liability in my work. It’s my credential.
My clients come to me not because I escaped the storm — but because I survived it.
I work with empaths, artists, survivors, and seekers navigating:
My approach is psychodynamic, somatic, and trauma-informed.
I also bring something less clinical, but just as essential:
I offer presence.
A nervous system that returns to balance.
A heart tempered by fire.
A body that knows how to stay.
This work is not about fixing.
It’s about remembering who you are.
Whether you’re recovering from trauma, navigating a crisis in your relationship, or quietly unraveling in a world that doesn’t hold you — there is room here for all of it.
You are not broken. You are becoming.
If you’re new to therapy, here’s a first hand account of what to expect and how to prepare for your first session.
My academic background reflects the integrative and creative approach I bring to therapy.
Each of these educational milestones has informed my ability to approach psychotherapy with both analytical depth and creative insight so I can explore the complexities of your inner world with both precision and intuition.
I am a lifelong learner and have benefited from intensive workshops with thought leaders in the fields of trauma and relationships including Bessel van der Kolk and Esther Perel. I have also obtained certifications in Jungian-Oriented Psychotherapy at the C.G. Jung Institute and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy through the Hakomi Institute. These experiences have enabled me to cultivate a therapeutic space grounded in contemporary research, expertise and best practices for psychotherapy so you can feel safe to freely explore your inner world.
I am a San Francisco psychotherapist with over a decade of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples and families in private practice and at leading treatment centers in the Bay Area, including Alta Mira Recovery Programs, New Perspectives Center for Counseling, Haight Ashbury Psychological Services, Ohlhoff Recovery Programs, and others focused on trauma, addiction recovery, and mental health treatment. Working extensively with substance use disorders and addiction recovery early in my career, I developed an understanding of the interplay between trauma and self-destructive patterns of compulsive behavior. These experiences shaped my understanding of the complexity of recovery and transformation, allowing me to support clients in finding freedom and deeper connection in their lives.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy, an insight oriented approach that supports greater self-awareness and understanding of unconscious patterns, is at the heart of my work. A safe and reflective space for understanding your inner world, this approach explores the connections between your present experiences and past dynamics, offering clarity into recurring patterns. Integrating past experiences with present awareness, facilitates long-term change and greater emotional freedom. This approach is particularly powerful for those seeking to create fulfilling relationships and meaningful personal growth.
I frequently integrate elements of mindful somatic psychotherapy into my practice, focusing on the connection between your mind and body as a resource for healing trauma and self-regulation. By tuning into sensations, movements, and emotions that arise in the body, we can access direct pathways to healing. This approach is especially supportive for addressing trauma, as it helps you reconnect with your physical body in a safe and empowering way. Offering tools for stress management and self-regulation, somatic therapy helps you feel grounded, balanced and whole in your everyday life.
For long term clients interested in exploring expanded states of consciousness, I offer a safe, structured framework for legal psychedelic assisted psychotherapy in collaboration with a prescribing physician. Providing ethical, trauma-informed care requires nuance and caution. I approach the work with a deep respect for the potential of consciousness expanding medicine to catalyze lasting transformation in a healing environment. Whether you’re addressing symptoms of trauma, depression, or addiction, I will provide the emotional scaffolding you need to process your experience, integrate insights, and embody new ways of being in your life.
My boutique private practice in San Francisco offers a safe and welcoming space for individuals, couples, and families seeking confidential, bespoke care. Whether you are navigating trauma, repairing your relationships, in need of empathic support, or exploring the creative depths of your inner world, you are welcome here with me.
I offer in person therapy in the San Francisco and online therapy throughout California. It is my privilege to support you on your path. Contact me today to schedule a consultation and begin your path toward clarity, healing, and deeper connection.
Therapy that cultivates growth amid disruption and meaning amid complexity —
A high-conviction bet on your future,
lighting the path through uncertainty and seeing potential where others see crisis.