I believe meaningful therapy begins when you feel safe enough to be honest.

I am an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. My clinical training centers on grief, trauma, anxiety, and the identity questions that follow major life change, and my work is supervised by a qualified licensed clinician as I continue toward full licensure.

I bring cultural sensitivity, creativity, and genuine curiosity into the therapy room. I do not rush clients, minimize their pain, or force healing into a predetermined timeline.

I work with adults navigating grief and bereavement, trauma, anxiety and overwhelm, relationship loss and betrayal, caregiving stress, and major life transitions — including the transitions no one chooses, like widowhood, illness, or sudden change.

Many of my clients are people who have been strong for everyone else and are only now making space for themselves.

A calm, unhurried space where you set the pace. Sessions are collaborative conversations — sometimes reflective, sometimes practical — always centered on your experiences, needs, values, and goals. You will not be judged, lectured, or handed empty advice.

I believe people are more than the worst thing that has happened to them. My work is grounded in respect for each person's culture, story, spirituality when it matters to them, and inherent capacity for growth. Healing is not about erasing the past — it is about making room for it while building what comes next.

My understanding of grief and rebuilding is both professional and personal. After experiencing widowhood and several significant losses and life changes, I developed an even deeper respect for the ways grief can affect identity, relationships, parenting, purpose, and the body. This experience does not mean I assume that I know exactly how another person feels. It means I understand the importance of making room for a person's full story without comparing, minimizing, or rushing it.

Your therapy will remain centered on your experiences, needs, values, and goals.

As an associate clinician, I provide counseling under the supervision of a qualified licensed clinician, in accordance with California Board of Behavioral Sciences requirements.