Healing happens when we build safe and resilient relationships.

With curiosity and compassion, I’ll hold space for your complex identities and internal conflicts so you can build a foundation of trust and acceptance.

You and I are more than a checklist of identities. There’s also value in sharing a snapshot into how I’ve been shaped by my experiences. I am neurodivergent/ADHD, white (Irish/German ancestry), small fat, chronically ill with non-visible disabilities, and queer (bi, nonbinary/trans, fluid), among other things.

I was born & raised in the Bay Area and am deeply inspired by redwoods: their resilience, their beauty, and how their survival is rooted in community (pun intended!). The only reason redwoods can grow as large and old as they do is because their roots intertwine with other trees nearby to share stability and resources. Embracing this love of the forest, I now live in Humboldt County.

“Transform yourself to transform the world.” This doesn’t mean to get lost in the self, but rather to see our own lives and work and relationships as a front line, a first place we can practice justice, liberation, and alignment with each other and the planet.

— Grace Lee Boggs & adrienne maree brown

Education

  • Master of Social Work with Community Mental Health focus from Cal State East Bay (2022)

  • B.A. in Literature with a focus in queer feminist theory from UC Santa Cruz (2015)

  • Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems 2024

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) 4 Day Externship with ICEEFT (2023)

  • Sex Therapy Certificate with CIIS (2023)

  • Kink and Healing Seminar (AEDP & Somatic) with TASHRA (2023)

  • Somatic Attachment Therapy certified from The Embody Lab (2022)

  • 500 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher with specialty training in trauma-informed, therapeutic and restorative yoga from the Niroga Institute (2017)

  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga as Anti-Oppressive Practice 20 Hour (October 2018)

  • Full Spectrum Reproductive Health Doula from Cornerstone Birthwork (2020)

Experience

  • Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center (2023 to present)

    Individual, Couples, & Relationship Psychotherapist

  • Alameda Juvenile Justice Center (2018 to 2023)

    Youth and Staff Yoga Instructor

  • MPI Addiction Recovery Services (2018 to 2023)

    Group Yoga Instructor

  • Alameda County Behavioral Health (2020-2021)

    Adolescent and Family Therapist

  • Willard Middle School (2019-2020)

    School Counselor

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health Educator

    Student Health Outreach and Promotion at UCSC (2014-2015)

    Peer Education at Albany High School (2009-2011)