about (this will replace what is currently in the about me section)

I approach this path in a warm and judgment-free manner, respecting each person and their one-of-a-kind journey. My upbringing as a bay area jew-ish third-culture kid influences the way I see, feel, and orient to the world around me.

As a trauma-informed somatic therapist, I work relationally to support children, teens, and adults looking to deepen their life and soul purpose. Common issues include overwhelm, grief, self-doubt, and self-worth. In conjunction with identifying day-to-day struggles, we explore family legacy, ancestral patterns, symbolism, and archetypes for guidance. I keep in mind that we all have a story, and our stories often involve missed experiences as an infant or small child and socio-cultural and economic factors. Another way to say this is we are all influenced by time and place; our families of origin, our communities, and the state of the planet.

I hold a masters degree from the California Institute of Integral Studies with an emphasis in Somatic Psychotherapy. From there I fulfilled my practicum at the Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, and as an associate, completed the training program through the Child Therapy Institute at an elementary school in Berkeley where I offered child-led play-based therapy to children and education and resources to their families. I am now in individual private practice under the supervision of Nes Pinar.

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Despite tending toward cynicism and frustration at this confusing paradoxical world, I am compelled to meaning-making and continuously find myself leaning into the magic, mysticism, and wonder that surrounds us all.

Through my deep internal work, I am finding and owning my unique gifts, and by the way, you also have a gift. You’re not an exception to the rule.

Despite leaning toward cynicism and frustration at this confusing paradoxical world, I am also compelled to meaning-making and am continuously practicing the art of leaning more into the magic and wonder that surrounds us all.

Through my own deep internal work, I am finding that

Looking at and learning about myself while also holding I find great job in working with people who are interested in looking at and learning about themselves and who also rub up who are compelled to meaning making while also holding onto

__i have come to understand through living this life that xyz, and ….interested in working with ppl who are interested in looking at and learning about themself. compelled to meaning making. also existential truth…nihlism. choose to make your life. tempting to be nihilistic in the conditions-circumstances of this world, and we are compelled to make meaning and find what it is we are to find a way to deliver our own unique gifts. btw, you also have a gift, you’re not an exception to the rule, and I know it.

As a young twenty-something, I got into yoga, which led me to meditation, which led me to mindful movement. It was a profound shift getting a taste of living from my body and not just my mind. In parallel with my mind-body-spiritual meanderings, I was getting deeper into the hustle of the food and service industry and after countless kitchen jobs across the globe, had a scrappy lil boutique private chef and catering company. I pulled off some amazing parties and events but something was off. I was off. I loved, and still love, food, cooking, and working with my hands, but was burnt out. I don’t know who I was working so hard for, but it wasn’t for me. This led me to a deeper dive into my inner world which included working with a somatic counselor and turning to the plants and the earth wisdom that is all around us.

I shifted gears and studied at the California Institute of Integral Studies with an emphasis in Somatic Psychotherapy. From there I completed my practicum at the Center for Somatic Psychotherapy, and as an associate, completed the training program through the Child Therapy Institute at an elementary school in Berkeley where I offered child-led play-based therapy to children and education and resources to their families. I am now in individual private practice under the supervision of Nes Pinar.

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