Individual Therapy for Adults Throughout California
Offering In-person Therapy in Calabasas
and Online Therapy throughout California and Oregon
Specialized Interpersonal Therapy in Calabasas, California
Relationships should be a source of support, not leave you running on empty. Whether you're carrying the weight of family dysfunction, relationship stress, anxiety, major life challenges, or a harsh inner critic, it can feel like you're constantly giving, managing, and pushing through. Eventually, that takes a toll, leaving you feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, resentful, and disconnected from yourself and the life you want to be living.
Together, we may focus on:
Recovery From Toxic Dynamics or Complex PTSD
Heal from the effects of relationship trauma, family dysfunction, codependency, and unhealthy relationship patterns. Learn to recognize harmful dynamics, trust yourself again, and develop healthier ways of connecting with others.
Assertiveness and Boundaries
Build the confidence to communicate effectively, advocate for your needs, and establish boundaries that protect your well-being. Feelings of resentment, burnout, or emotional exhaustion are often signs that something needs attention, change, or communication.
Attachment and Codependency
Understanding your attachment style can reveal the underlying wounds that shape your relationships. Together, we will work to break free from painful relational patterns, whether that means lowering emotional walls, reducing people-pleasing behaviors, managing reactivity, or stepping away from chronic over-functioning and anxiety.
Healing the Root Causes
No one moves through childhood without developing wounds and defenses. By revisiting the experiences that shaped these protective patterns, you can begin to heal the parts of yourself that learned to survive through self-criticism, disconnection, perfectionism, or unhealthy coping strategies. Healing involves giving yourself what you needed then, whether through self-compassion, healthier relationships, or making choices that support stability, contentment, and well-being.
Responding Instead of Reacting
Learn to recognize what happens when your defenses are activated. Notice when you become guarded, defensive, controlling, avoidant, or overwhelmed. Together, we will explore what these reactions are trying to protect and determine which patterns continue to serve you and which ones are keeping you stuck. For some, healing involves learning to pause before responding. For others, it means building the capacity to tolerate discomfort without shutting down.
Stress, Anxiety, and Emotional Well-Being
Life can feel overwhelming when you're carrying too much for too long. Whether you're struggling with chronic stress, anxiety, burnout, depression, self-doubt, or feeling stuck, therapy can help you better understand what is contributing to your distress and develop healthier ways of coping. Together, we'll work toward greater emotional balance, self-compassion, resilience, and a life that feels more manageable and meaningful.
Identity and Self-Worth
Move beyond the roles you learned to play, whether as the caretaker, fixer, performer, peacekeeper, or people-pleaser. Together, we will uncover the shame, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs that fuel the need to constantly achieve, prove yourself, or seek validation. The goal is to develop a stronger sense of self, cultivate self-respect, and become someone you genuinely like, trust, and feel proud to be.
My Approach
In our work together, I blend attachment theory, parts work, CBT, psychodynamic therapy, and narrative therapy to understand what shaped you and what you need to heal and grow into the person you feel good about. We’ll explore the different parts of you, the defenses you’ve built, and the beliefs you carry about yourself and the world. This helps us identify what’s helping you, and what’s holding you back, so you can begin creating new patterns that feel aligned with who you want to be.
We usually start by tending to the pain and stress that brought you in. As you feel more supported and empowered, we’ll gently look back at the experiences that created your protective walls and work to heal the wounds that still surface in your present life.
I’m a relational therapist, which means I value connection, authenticity, and collaboration. I bring warmth and empathy, paired with thoughtful challenge, to help you grow in ways that feel meaningful and sustainable.
