I am a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and consultant with advanced training in psychoanalytic perspectives. I am experienced in treating adults and children who struggle with a variety of emotional and psychological concerns. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley for 15+ years. I got my Master’s in Marriage Family and Therapy from John F Kennedy University. I am certified in psychodynamic psychoanalytic therapy through the Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, and a psychoanalyst trained at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis.
I work with adults and young children, guiding them on a journey of self-discovery. My focus of the therapy is directed toward exploring and understanding the issues that initially prompted the search for treatment. The treatment includes developing ways to manage troublesome or painful symptoms. Gradually, the scope of the work will move toward a thorough exploration of past relationships and events, particularly those of childhood. Childhood experiences shape the sense of self, which becomes the lens through which all subsequent relationships are seen and acted upon. Much of what we believe about ourselves is created out of an attempt to make sense of early, perhaps troubling, or confusing relationships. When clients increase their capacity to self-reflect on their thoughts and behaviors, they embark on a journey of positive change. Positive changes can then be carried over into relationship-building to create a fulfilling life.
As a therapist, I am deeply passionate about forging personal connections with my clients and providing them with in-depth psychotherapy services. If you've been feeling a chronic sense of emptiness, finding it hard to form or maintain relationships, feeling stuck in life, and longing for a life where you feel connected to yourself and others, then I am here to understand and support you.