About me.

I don't fit neatly into boxes. I am on the cusp of Gen X and Millennial. I am half-British and half-American. I spent my childhood on the East Coast, and most of my adulthood in the Bay Area. I am a psychotherapist and a writer. 

Creativity has been my backbone since I was a little girl. I used to get lost for hours in projects of my own design: card-making, writing poems or stories, jewelry-making, collage, ceramics, drawing or painting. This has been true throughout my lifetime. Whatever stage of life, whatever hardship or struggle, wherever I am in the world, I seek refuge and healing through the creative process. 

In my work with clients, I enjoy sharing this intuitive, inside-out understanding of the creative process. I hold a deep belief that both art and therapy are deeply transformative.

Therefore, Art + therapy = Art Therapy = Magic! 

Harnessing the innate creativity that all humans share -- with judgment-free curiosity -- has the potential to inspire joy, relief, energy, strength, calm, hopefulness, healing, peace, and the list goes on. 

Often-times, the harshest critics are ourselves. If only we can move past that and give ourselves the chance to express ourselves authentically. Self-compassion is a gift worth cultivating, and a focus of my work with clients.


My work.

 

  • Maternal Mental Health (expectant moms, post-partum, moms of any stage)
    Teens & Tweens (includes parent coaching, family therapy)
    Trauma work
    Climate- Aware Therapy
    Eco-therapy
    Art Therapy
    Play Therapy

  • Climate Psychology Alliance of North America (CPA-NA) - Executive Committee, Chair of Creative Arts & Climate Committee
    California Association of Marriage & Family Therapy (CAMFT)
    Art Therapy Credentials Board (ATCB)

  • Ecotherapy Certificate- Level 1 (EarthBody Institute)

    Maternal Mental Health Certificate (Postpartum Support International)

    Certified Soul Collage Facilitator

  • I offer an integrative, holistic approach blending existential, mind-body, expressive arts,cognitive-behavioral, nature-based, feminist/social justice frames, and systems theory. Since life is complex, and people come to therapy from different places and for different reasons, I view my own adaptability as an important aspect of the therapist-client relationship. Establishing trust and ease is key.

 

My office is located in a quiet, professional building with other therapists in Berkeley, California.

The space is a cozy, calm, creative sanctuary: full of light, art, natural objects, scent sachets, and fidget toys. It is set up for both children and adults. It is my belief that adults can benefit from reconnecting with their "inner child." 

Eco-therapy, or “walk and talk” therapy, is offered seasonally at a park in the East Bay.

And, yes, my virtual office is open too!

Want to see if we would be a good fit?

Contact me for a free 15-minute consultation.

“Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child, Listen to the DON’TS Listen to the SHOULDN’TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S Listen to the NEVER HAVES Then listen close to me- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be”
— Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends