In-person in the east bay & online across Ca
my approach
AEDP
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
At its core, this work is based on the understanding that our early experiences—particularly in relationship—shape how we come to feel, respond, and make sense of ourselves. When those experiences include significant moments of misattunement, overwhelm, or emotional absence, we adapt in ways that can continue long after they’re needed.
At the same time, we carry an innate capacity for healing.
I work relationally because I believe that change happens in connection. Together, we create a space that is both supportive and engaged—where you can begin to explore your experience more fully, and where something new can take shape.
experiential and somatic work
In our sessions, we move beyond talking about your experience and begin to engage with it as it unfolds in real time.
With attention to both emotional and physical experience, we work with what is happening in the moment—your thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and the subtle shifts that occur as you begin to stay with them. Often, the body holds patterns and responses that the mind alone cannot access. By tuning into these layers, we begin to loosen what has been held in place.
This is a gradual process, approached with care. As you become more connected to your internal experience, patterns that once felt fixed can begin to shift—opening the possibility for greater ease, flexibility, and aliveness.
working with parts of the self
I also draw on IFS (Internal Family Systems), a parts-based approach that understands the mind as made up of different aspects or “parts,” each with its own role and intention.
Some parts may carry vulnerability or emotional pain. Others may organize around protection—through self-reliance, overthinking, overfunctioning, or staying contained.
In our work, we begin to relate to these parts with curiosity and respect, rather than trying to override or change them. Often, this includes turning toward younger aspects of yourself that may not have felt fully seen, supported, or emotionally held at the time.
Over time, something new becomes possible: rather than those younger experiences continuing to exist in isolation, they can begin to be met differently—with greater understanding, care, and connection from the self you are now.
As these experiences unfold within a safe therapeutic relationship, patterns that once felt fixed can begin to soften, allowing for a greater sense of internal coherence, emotional connection, and ease within yourself.
a process of lasting change
This work is not only about insight or symptom relief. It is about creating the conditions for deeper, more integrated change.
AEDP is grounded in the understanding that we carry an innate drive toward healing and growth—what AEDP refers to as transformance. Even in the presence of pain, protection, or long-standing patterns, there remains a movement within us toward connection, vitality, and wholeness.
Through new emotional and relational experiences, something begins to shift—not through effort, but through the nervous system’s capacity to reorganize. In neuroscience, this capacity is known as neuroplasticity—the mind and body’s ability to form new pathways through lived experience.
Over time, this can lead to a more connected relationship with yourself, greater freedom in how you respond, and a growing sense of clarity and steadiness from within.
Context, Identity, and Lived Experience
My practice is grounded in an awareness of the broader contexts that shape our lives. This includes attention to the impact of cultural, relational, and systemic experiences—particularly where aspects of identity may not have been fully seen, supported, or understood.
This is not treated as separate from the work, but as part of it.
a more connected way of living
As this work deepens, many people begin to experience a shift not only in how they understand themselves, but in how they feel within themselves.
There is often a gradual sense of release—from patterns of holding or constriction—and a movement toward greater emotional connection, authenticity, and ease.
Over time, this allows for a way of living that feels free and more fully your own.
