Services

In-person (Oakland) & telehealth video (California) psychotherapy and mental health treatment for individual adults.

I use evidence-based, cognitive behavioral interventions to help improve how you manage distressing thoughts and behaviors. This approach offers a more analytical process for understanding and tracking how patterns of thinking and feeling influence behavior, both consciously and unconsciously.

I also practice through psychodynamic orientation to psychotherapy, which aims to uncover unconscious ways of seeing and being in the world, as influenced by one’s early life and other cultural factors that imprint upon us. It can be helpful for people to explore their life in an open process that fosters deeper self-understanding and personal growth.

Some areas we may address include:

  • improving coping skills
  • managing and improving low mood or depression
  • substance use
  • overthinking, anxiety, and panic
  • healthy relationships and boundaries
  • identity issues
  • complex trauma and surviving abuse
  • paranoia
  • grief
  • anger

I offer an initial, free 10 to 20-minute phone or video consult to see if I may be a good fit for you.

You may come to therapy in the midst of life changes, and may approach it addressing your history.

Whatever brings you to counseling, we start by determining your goals. This foundation paves the path for us working together: this might be short or long term, depending on what works for you.

Psychotherapy can help develop new attitudes, experiences, and ways of being in the world by exploring stories held about yourself, and disentangling which parts of these stories resonate with your true self. Psychotherapy is just one path for making changes — there are innumerable ways to make sense of yourself and your experiences. If you are new to therapy, or nervous about connecting in this way, I commend you in your willingness to try counseling.

Session Locations

In-Person

I provide in-person psychotherapy and mental health treatment for individual adults in Oakland, CA.

Find out more about my office location, including accessibility.

Online Video Sessions

Video “telehealth” sessions are available for individual adults across California.

Online psychotherapy can be equally effective as in-person treatment, and allows for meeting with me virtually from your home, office, or other location.

Fees

My fee for 50-minute sessions is $145. Sliding scale is available: please contact me for more information.

I can provide monthly statements of service for you to submit to your health insurance company. Before booking an appointment, I suggest calling the number on the back of your insurance card and asking about out-of-network outpatient mental health benefits, as well as how to submit a claim. You can usually receive partial reimbursement for services provided.

Alternatively, I am in-network for online services through some insurance companies via Wellmind: visit Wellmind’s website to see if your insurance is in-network. If you want to use health insurance for online services via the Wellmind platform, please schedule directly here.