“True love requires the death of the fantasy.” — James Hollis
Therapy in Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Ventura via Telehealth across California.
Primary Clinical Specialty — Women’s Psychotherapy, Mythology & The Transpersonal: The Hero’s/Heroine’s Journey — Women’s Quest for Wholeness
Women’s psychotherapy, mythology, and work with the transpersonal are my primary clinical specialties. My work with women centers on the process of becoming more fully oneself—supporting women through individuation, the development of inner authority, life and mid-life transitions, PMS, PMDD and perimenopause, existential exploration, self-worth and self-compassion, and the reclamation of the authentic self.
Together, we explore the deeper psychological, relational, and embodied experiences that shape a woman’s sense of identity, purpose, and belonging, creating space to listen inwardly, reconnect with what is true, and move through periods of change with greater clarity, self-trust, and wholeness.
The Transpersonal Journey
Consciousness Exploration & Integration
Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Therapy
Spiritual Exploration
Spiritual Emergencies
Meaning, Purpose & Dharma
Mystical & Transpersonal Experiences
Therapy in Santa Barbara, Ojai, and Ventura via Telehealth across California.
I offer trauma-informed, integrative psychotherapy that centers attachment and the body as pathways to healing. My work supports clients in developing more secure, attuned relationships—with themselves and others—while gently working with the nervous system to process and shift unconscious patterns. I practice primarily as an attachment-based and somatic psychotherapist, integrating Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Jungian depth psychology, dreamwork and analysis, and Attachment-Focused EMDR.
My treatment focus is in working with early childhood trauma, anxious attachment patterns, self-worth, highly sensitive person (HSP), women’s issues, and grief and loss, and how these experiences can live in both the nervous system and psyche. These patterns often show up as heightened sensitivity to distance, fear of rejection or loss, difficulty trusting the stability of relationships, and a deep longing for reassurance and connection that can feel hard to settle for.
I approach these responses not as flaws, but as intelligent adaptations shaped by early attachment experiences and reinforced through later relational pain. In our work, we explore how abandonment experiences—both past and present—become reactivated in current relationships, and how the attachment system organizes around proximity, anxiety, protest, and connection-seeking during perceived disconnection.
My Specialties Include:
Grief, Loss & Ambiguous Loss
Death, Dying & the Afterlife
Existential Suffering & Questioning the Meaning of Life
Divorce, Heartbreak, & Relationship Endings
Couples, Pre-Marital Counseling & Relationship Issues
Anxious, Avoidant & Disorganized Attachment
Self-Worth, Identity, Perfectionism & Fear of Abandonment
Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)