INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY 

I am fortunate to be able to integrate many of my passions into my work as a psychotherapist. My love of psychology grew out of a fascination with people and a desire for personal healing. Cross-cultural living experiences during my adolescence and early adulthood broadened my frame of reference by exposing me to multiple realities, fostering my interest in synthesis and integration.

I have always turned to the arts, particularly, writing, painting, and dance, for enlivenment and inspiration (not to mention fun!). Pursuit of physical and spiritual well-being led me to the wonderful healing practices of yoga, for me a real fountain of energy and enlightenment.

I am grateful for the privilege of being entrusted with details of people’s intimate emotional lives and feel immeasurably enriched by our work together toward healing and growth.

Master of Arts in Integral Counseling Psychology and Certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, 1997.

Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts in Translation Studies, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

1999 to present:
Provider for San Francisco County’s Foster Care Mental Health Program

1999 to present:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in San Francisco, CA

1996 to 1999:
Registered Marriage and Family Intern at New Perspectives Center for Counseling, San Francisco, CA

1996 to 1998:
Intern Counselor at French American International School, San Francisco, CA

1994 to 1996:
Relief Counselor at Huckleberry House, San Francisco, CA

2007 The Wise Heart and the Mindful Brain: Conference with Jack
Kornfield, Ph.D, and Daniel Siegel, M.D., R. Cassidy Seminars, San Francisco, CA

2006 Responding to Life, Hakomi Institute of San Francisco, CA

2006 Critical Incident Stress Management: Basic Group Crisis, Intervention, UC Extension, Berkeley, CA

2005 The Hakomi Method: Professional Skills Training, Hakomi, Institute of San Francisco, CA

2004 Ongoing Consultation in EMDR, with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D., San Rafael, CA

2004 Psychodynamic Treatment of Trauma, San Francisco, CA

2003 Transforming Trauma with EMDR, Level 2, with Laurel Parnell,

Ph.D., Alliant University, Alameda, CA

2003 Individual Psychotherapy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, with Shari Manning Behavioral Tech, LLC, San Francisco, CA

2003 Brief and Deep: Working Experientially with Couples, with Rob Fisher, MFT, JFK University, Orinda, CA

2002 – 2003 Ongoing Consultation Group: Relational Sandplay Therapy, with Linda Cunningham, Ph.D., San Francisco, CA

2002 – 2003 Ongoing Consultation Group: The Marriage of Expressive Arts Therapy and Jungian Theory, with Kate Donohue, Ph.D., R.E.A.T, San Francisco, CA

2000 – 2002 Ongoing Consultation Group: Object Relation, Self Psychology and Symbolic Process, with Linda Cunningham, Ph.D., San Francisco, CA

2000 Transforming Trauma with EMDR, Level 1, with Laurel Parnell, Ph.D., CIIS, San Francisco, CA

2000 Play and Art Therapy with Adolescents, with Linda Chapman, Ph.D., R. Cassidy Seminars, Oakland, CA

2000 Play and Art Therapy with Latency-Age Children, with Linda Chapman, Ph.D., R. Cassidy Seminars, Oakland, CA

 1999 Special Issues in Play Therapy, JFK University, Orinda, CA

1999 Introduction to Play Therapy, JFK University, Orinda, CA

1999 Evaluation and Treatment of Couples: An In-Depth Workshop, Harris Seminars, San Francisco, CA