Clinical Psychologist ยท Newport Beach, California
Beneath the Surface.
Beyond the Symptoms.
This is a space for the messy, beautiful, complicated reality of being human. As a licensed Clinical Psychologist, I believe that our stories matter, every chapter, every stumble, every moment of rising strong.
Here, you don't have to have it all figured out. You don't have to perform worthiness or pretend that vulnerability isn't scary. What you need is to show up, exactly as you are, and trust that in the space between courage and fear, healing happens.
I bring both clinical expertise and real-world leadership to this work. I've learned that transformation isn't about perfection, it's about connection, first with ourselves, then with others. Whether your heart is breaking, your spirit feels restless, or you're simply ready to write a different ending to your story, this is a place where you can practice being brave with your life.
You Belong Here If...
You're in the thick of change and need a guide who won't judge the mess or rush the process. You're ready to get curious about your story instead of running from it. You know that the path forward requires both tenderness and fierce courage.
I walk alongside people navigating:
- The sacred and turbulent waters of perimenopause: when your body is rewriting the rules and you're discovering who you are in this new chapter.
- Leadership with heart and humanity: because the best leaders are the ones brave enough to show up authentically, even when it's uncomfortable.
- Life after love ends: finding your footing and your voice again after divorce or separation, remembering that endings can also be beginnings.
- Young adults learning to trust their own wings: that tender, terrifying time of becoming who you're meant to be while the world watches.
- The tender territory of new motherhood: when everything you thought you knew about yourself shifts, and you're learning to mother both your baby and yourself.
- Creative souls facing the wall: when the work that once flowed freely now feels stuck, and you need to find your way back to your gifts.
- The long road home from trauma: because healing isn't linear, and sometimes we need someone to sit with us in the dark until we remember our own light.
This work isn't about fixing what's broken. It's about remembering what was never broken in the first place: your inherent worthiness, your capacity for connection, and your birthright to live and love with your whole heart.
Ready to begin? Let's talk.
All services available in person in Newport Beach, CA, or via secure telehealth throughout California. I am currently welcoming new patients into this work.