In 2015, I co-founded the Rockridge Wellness Center, a counseling and health collective in Oakland where I practice now, surrounded by trusted colleagues.

I received my bachelor’s degree in Psychology/Drama from Stanford University. My honors thesis involved writing and performing a play about people healing from eating disorders. I went on to earn my MA in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. In my master’s project, I studied the use of expressive arts in treating co-occurring eating disorders and addiction.

Even though I specialize in eating disorders, my work is diverse because people with eating disorders are each unique and have diverse needs. Whether I’m seeing a teenager or family with a new eating disorder or someone who has had a complex eating disorder for years and is looking for a fresh approach to find hope, I’m such a believer in personalized, collaborative care where clients have choice in what approach works for them. Accordingly, I have pursued several courses of continuing education and certification over the years, becoming grounded in both practical cognitive-behavioral treatments as well as more holistic and depth approaches like psychodynamic, psychedelic/ketamine-assisted, somatic, and existential therapies. I also trained as a yoga therapist. I used to regularly teach pre- and post-natal yoga, and still come out of yoga teaching retirement on occasion to lead a workshop.

I believe we heal and grow through connection and relationships. I am proud to be licensed as a family therapist, and I have centered families, parents, and caregivers in my learning and work, training many years ago in Family-Based Treatment for eating disorders and becoming an advanced certified therapist and supervisor in Emotion-Focused Family Therapy.

I am a passionate advocate for eating disorder awareness, and a founding member of ConnectED Bay Area, an organization that my colleagues and I created to help support the local Bay Area ED community.

I also enjoy writing, and published my first book, Awake at 3 a.m.: Yoga Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Pregnancy and Early Motherhood with Parallax Press in May 2018. I contributed a chapter about yoga and body image post-baby to the anthology Yoga Rising: 30 Empowering Stories from Renegades for Every Body by Melanie Klein.