Who I Am and How I Work

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (#98055), I integrate a wide range of therapeutic orientation from my trainings in clinical psychology, pre- and perinatal psychology, infant and early childhood mental health, and somatic psychotherapy. I offer mindfulness based, somatically focused trauma resolution with focus on early attachment and developmental needs and with sensitivity to cultural and racial dynamics present in our lives.

I have been supporting children and adults in a variety of clinical settings for over 8 years. I currently work at the UCSF Infant-Parent Program providing family therapy and consultation to caregivers in daycare and preschool programs. I have worked with children of all ages as a school counselor and with adults and caregivers both in clinics and in private practice setting. In the past, I have followed birthing families as a doula and have supported premature babies in the intensive care unit providing therapeutic touch in their recovery.

It has become clear to me through my trainings in somatic psychotherapy, my vipassana meditation practice and my own healing journey that the changes we seek are tied to bringing forth and supporting the way we hold our experiences in our body, posture and movement in relation to ourselves and to others.  I have learned that moving beyond talk therapy is especially important when supporting healing from stressful and traumatic experiences. Whether I am following adults, children or families, I bring to life my skills gained through training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and it’s child oriented sister approach of Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART).

My graduate studies in clinical psychology that I earned at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and at the Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary lay the theoretical foundation for the trainings and therapeutic experience I have cultivated in the past ten years.