Looking back, the qualities that shape me as a therapist have been present for as long as I can remember. From an early age, I had the capacity to sit with difficult emotions — my own and others’. What I didn’t yet have was healing, language, or training. Those came through a journey that has unfolded over decades.

I experienced my first depressive episode at age seven. My parents brought me to a counselor, and that early experience did something profound: it normalized asking for help. Therapy wasn’t something to hide from; it was a place where emotions could be spoken out loud. As I grew older, friends naturally turned to me during their own crises. I became someone people could trust with what felt unspeakable.

As an adult, I began a dedicated mindfulness meditation practice that transformed my relationship to depression and inner turmoil. Learning to observe my thoughts with steadiness created space where there had once been overwhelm. Over the years, that practice has grown to thousands of hours of meditation and extended silent retreat. More importantly, it cultivated equanimity, compassion, and the ability to hold steady attention in the midst of intensity.

Eventually, meditation alone was not enough. Through my own therapy — particularly Internal Family Systems (IFS) — I learned how to actively work with the parts of myself that carried pain. The mindfulness skills I had developed allowed me to stay open during deep emotional processing, and I experienced profound integration and healing. That process clarified my calling: to offer others the same combination of presence and skill that had changed my life.

Today, it is an honor to sit with clients as they move toward greater understanding, peace, and self-acceptance. At the heart of my work is a simple belief: healing happens when we feel deeply seen and met with compassion. My role is not only to offer that presence, but to help you cultivate it within yourself — and, when relevant, within your relationships.