I have been working with families and individuals over the past ten years to navigate mental and behavioral health challenges. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, suicidality, Autism spectrum, attention difficulties, executive functioning difficulties, gender identity, and much more. I believe that it is important to be eclectic but selective, meaning, having knowledge of many different modalities of therapy, but understanding which one would work best for each situation. The basis of therapy will be a trusting, non-judgmental relationship where you can feel comfortable expressing yourself.

I started by wanting to understand the human condition. Our capacity as human beings is so complex and blossoms into an infinite combination of unique experiences all creating one person. I am still fascinated to this day by how we all become who we are and how we can use awareness, skills, mindfulness, and introspection to change the direction we will go.

I enjoy rock climbing, surfing, backpacking, just being out in nature, and spending time with my family. I also teach a class at Sonoma State University, provide clinical supervision for interns, and try to take as many opportunities to support our local future mental health clinicians.

The way I take care of myself is by exercising. This can look like me taking a walk with my dogs, meeting up with friends for a hike, going to the rock climbing gym before the kids wake up, or traveling to my favorite surf spot on the weekends.

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. I find mountaineering to be very interesting. I have found that being in nature gives us a unique opportunity to reflect on ourselves and connect with some very dialectic situations.

World Central Kitchen. The work that they do is essential to helping humanity after natural disasters. Taking care of the most basic necessity, food, for those who struggle to find it is a cause worthwhile.

I live in a small house with 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a busy schedule. When I get the occasional quiet moment I savor the calm quiet environment.

I have two dogs. Our first dog we adopted on our honeymoon 9 years ago. We were fortunate enough to travel to an island called Turks and Caicos, and on the island, there is a shelter that adopts abandoned puppies. We spent the day with one of the puppies and decided to take it home!