I began my career working with adolescents, supporting them through the work of individuation, separating from their parents and developing an independent sense of self. Over time, I came to see that fertility, pregnancy, and becoming a parent can transform a person as profoundly as adolescence once did.

Matrescence, the process of becoming a mother, is a parallel developmental process, often bringing identity shifts, disorientation, grief, growth, and a reorganization of how we understand ourselves and our place in the world. Today, I specialize in supporting individuals navigating infertility, assisted reproduction, pregnancy loss, reproductive trauma, anxiety, and the emotional complexities of pregnancy and early parenthood.

Many of my clients appear to be functioning well on the outside while privately struggling with anxiety, overwhelm, perfectionism, or the lingering effects of difficult experiences. They are often the people others rely on—the ones who keep going even when they are exhausted. Together, we work to understand the patterns keeping them stuck and develop a greater sense of self-compassion.

I came to this specialty through my own fertility journey and experience with pregnancy loss. I know what it is like to grieve something that most people around you cannot see and to continue showing up to your life while carrying it. That experience informs my work, but it does not define it.

I also know that no two journeys look the same. I will never assume I understand yours. What I bring is a deep familiarity with this terrain and a genuine commitment to understanding your experience of it.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW 78955) and Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional (PMH-C) based in West Los Angeles, with more than a decade of clinical experience across community mental health, hospital, school, and private practice settings, including work at the UCLA Rape Treatment Center. I completed my PMH-C through Postpartum Support International and trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR through the Parnell Institute. I'm also a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's Mental Health Professional Group, where I stay current on research and best practices in reproductive mental health. I provide therapy both in person and virtually throughout California.

Approach

My approach is integrative. I draw from multiple evidence-based modalities and tailor the work to what you actually need rather than fitting you into a single framework.

Some of what we carry can be understood through conversation and reflection. Some of it lives deeper, in the body, in patterns that formed long before you had words for them. Lasting change often requires working at both levels.

The modalities I draw from include, but are not limited to, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Focused EMDR, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Together these approaches allow us to work cognitively, relationally, and somatically depending on what the moment calls for.

Research consistently shows that the therapeutic relationship is one of the strongest predictors of outcomes in therapy. The work we do together will be collaborative, honest, and grounded in genuine respect for your experience and your pace.