Before I was a therapist, I worked a variety of jobs, mostly in education and creative fields. Fashion was a big one: design assistant, stylist, trend forecaster, assistant buyer, personal shopper. All those fittings taught me that what someone looks like on the outside can tell you almost nothing about what’s going on inside. The most put-together person in the room is sometimes the one barely holding it together. I bring that into every session, especially with clients who’ve spent years masking.

I grew up in the Los Angeles area in a family of entertainment industry professionals, and a few of them are still in the business. I’ve seen it up close: the long hours, the pressure to nail it, the scramble to line up the next job before this one wraps, and the anxious in-between when nothing is booked yet. That kind of stress and perfectionism has a way of following people home.

I’ve always loved figuring people out. Why we do what we do, why we love who we love, why we keep landing in the same spot. That curiosity eventually turned inward, into my own therapy, my own healing, and a lot of growth I didn’t see coming. Along the way it became a passion for helping other people do the same.

My roots are in human development, so I tend to look at the whole arc of someone’s life, not just the chapter they’re in right now. I love research, and I got my first taste of it in undergrad, using a community-based approach to study communication between caregivers and educators in early childhood. My biggest takeaway? Warmth and steady care shape our nervous systems. Your body figures out who feels safe way before your brain has words for it. Where we come from matters; our families, our communities, and the systems we grew up in all shape who we are.

Spending time with children and their families informed a lot of the attachment lens I use today. How you start out has a way of showing up in where you are now. My first clinical role was with neurodivergent teens. Watching smart, funny, creative kids get squeezed by systems that weren’t built for their brains stuck with me, and it’s a big part of why neurodivergent-affirming care sits at the center of everything I do. Today I see adolescents, adults, and couples. A lot of them have something in common: they know exactly what it feels like to be misunderstood.

I tend to work with:

• Neurodivergent individuals and couples (ADHD, autism, 2e, and anyone still figuring it out)
• High maskers who are tired of looking fine
• Artists, designers, writers, authors, content creators, and anyone stuck behind a creative wall
• Movie and entertainment industry professionals, on set, behind the scenes, and everywhere in between
• Fashion and beauty industry leaders: CEOs, creative directors, and marketing pros
• Entrepreneurs building something of their own
• Medical professionals and fellow therapists who take care of everyone but themselves
• First-gen folks and eldest daughters carrying a lot
• Hospitality people: restaurateurs, managers, caterers, and everyone keeping front and back of house running
• LGBTQIA+ clients
• People healing their relationship with food and their bodies
• Survivors of trauma

I grew up in Glendale, and my roots run deep in the San Gabriel Valley. Getting to do this work in the community that raised me still kind of blows my mind.

TRAINING

• 2026 | EMDR Basic Training with EMDR Consulting (EMDRIA Approved)
  EMDR Consulting, Laurie Colson-Young, LMFT, LPCC
• 2026 | Rethinking ADHD with Gabor Maté and Terry Matlen: From Origins to Healing —  Psychotherapy Networker
• 2026 | Brainspotting 2-Day Workshop with David Grand: Integrating the Neuroexperiential Model for Rapid Trauma Healing —  Psychotherapy Networker
• 2025 | Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning in DBT for Eating Disorders — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | Identification, Assessment, and Treatment of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | Targeting PTSD in Eating Disorders Treatment: Clinical Considerations and Evidence-Based Interventions — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | Exercise and Eating Disorders: Strategies for Safe Integration into Treatment — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | Treatment of Eating Disorders in a Neurodivergent Population — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | New Insights in the Neurobiology of Eating Disorders and Application to Treatment — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | Involving Supports in Care of Transitional Age Youth — UC San Diego Health
• 2025 | Working with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Part 1) — Christina Mardirossian, Pasadena Trauma Therapy
• 2024 | Psychological First Aid — National Child Traumatic Stress Network
• 2022 | Seeking Safety — Treatment Innovations
• 2022 | Suicide Interventionist Training — Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services
• 2021 | Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) — Medical University of South Carolina

• 2026 | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Workshop with Leanne Campbell and George Faller: Applying the Evidence-based EFT Model with Couples, Individuals, and Families — Psychotherapy Networker
• 2025 | Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Externship — EFTLA
• 2024 | “When Racialized Ghosts Refuse to Become Ancestors” (Racial Melancholia & Mixed-Race Identity) — ICPLA, Dhwani Shah, MD
• 2023 | Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Strategies to Support Grief, Trauma, and Depression — PESI
• 2022 | Psychodynamic Couples Therapy — Maple Counseling
• 2022 | Fundamentals of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy — Maple Counseling

• 2023 | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy: 2-Day Intensive Training — PESI
• 2019 | Undergraduate Fieldwork & Research in Early Childhood Education — Pacific Oaks College

EDUCATION

• Master of Arts, Marriage & Family Therapy
  Pacific Oaks College
  • Trauma Studies Specialization
  • National Honors Society
    
• Bachelor of Arts, Human Developmen
  Pacific Oaks College
  • Early Childhood Education & Development Concentration