In-person in the east bay & online across Ca

working with therapists & allied professionals

I work with therapists and other helping professionals who are often deeply attuned to others, and well-versed in the language of emotional life—but who may find that insight alone hasn’t fully shifted their own internal experience.

You may already understand your patterns, your history, and even the origins of certain responses. And still, something remains unchanged—certain reactions persist, or parts of your experience feel difficult to access, soften, or integrate.

Many people are drawn to this work for reasons that are both personal and meaningful. Often, there has been an early sensitivity to others, a tendency to take on responsibility, or an experience of needing to navigate emotional complexity without adequate support. For some, this may also include growing up feeling unseen, or learning to adapt within environments where aspects of who you are were not fully recognized or understood.

These experiences can shape a deep capacity for empathy and care. At the same time, they can leave certain patterns in place—ways of holding and responding that once made sense in earlier relationships or environments, and that may still be shaping your experience now.

In our work together, we move beyond a purely cognitive understanding and into a more experiential process. This allows for something different to happen—where familiar patterns can be felt, understood, and gradually transformed from within.

This work often includes:

  • engaging with emotional experience in real time, rather than only reflecting on it

  • working with parts of the self that may hold tension, protection, or vulnerability

  • attending to how experience is held in the body and nervous system

  • allowing space for responses that may not often have room elsewhere—uncertainty, fatigue, or the cumulative impact of caring for others

For many therapists and professionals, this offers something distinct from supervision or consultation. It creates a space that is focused fully on your own internal experience—where you can step out of the role of provider and into a different kind of depth and care.

“Fortunately, the human psyche,
like human bones, is strongly inclined towards self-healing.”  

 - John Bowlby.