Qualifications:

About me professionally:

I received my Masters Degree to become a Marriage and Family Therapist and Rehabilitation Counselor from San Francisco State University in 1994 and I began my private practice in 2000.  From 2004 through 2007, I studied Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies.  Since then, I have developed an approach to treatment that includes working with concerns about the self, codependency and spiritual issues.

In 1997 I founded and served as the first executive director of Our Family Coalition, a non-profit organization serving the needs of LGBT families.  In 1987, I received a Level I certificate in Drug and Alcohol recovery studies (UC Berkeley Extension, 1987), and counseled substance abusing clients for several years prior to licensure.   

About me personally:

Let me tell you a little bit about myself.  I came to the San Francisco Bay Area with a lot of hope, but eventually became aware that I seemed to lack an inner road map that others seemed to have.  After several painful attempts to create the life I wanted all by myself, I decided to try therapy.  I was surprised when it actually worked. I have found that like me, many who start therapy are skeptical that lasting positive change can come from seeing a therapist. Yet change is always possible, if you are willing to work for it.