How I Work
My style is active, engaged and collaborative. I don’t just sit back and nod. We focus on your immediate stressors while identifying the deeper patterns driving them.
Working With Lawyers
I Already Get It:
You don't have to explain the culture, the pressure or the billable hours. I lived it when I was in BigLaw and in-house as Acting General Counsel.
Professional Privacy:
I operate under my therapy license and do not report to the CA Bar. Your privacy is legally confidential with a clear ethical framework.
Evidence:
Together we examine the “evidence” including the patterns, beliefs, habits and pressures shaping how you feel and react. We will build tools for emotional regulation and calm under pressure.
Strategic Partnership:
Think of therapy as strategic case-building for your life rather than a performance review. Your wellbeing is of paramount importance.
Real Talk:
You will get a real conversation where we can focus on immediate stressors and the underlying patterns. Whatever comes up, we can work through it.
Why I Differ from a Coach:
I address the deeper patterns coaches don’t touch, and there is no pressure to sign up for "packages" or long-term bundles.
Why I Differ from a ‘Traditional’ Therapist:
I offer practical, action-oriented strategies and tools alongside compassion and attunement. No mandatory deep dives into childhood unless they are relevant to your current "case”.
Overall Therapy Approach
Tuning In:
I tune in deeply to understand your challenges, and respond with genuine care using tools and strategies I’ve both learned and lived.
Private Space:
I offer a secure space where you can speak openly without judgment.
Support:
Whether you need gentle guidance or proactive support, I adapt to what you bring into the room.
You Guide Sessions:
I am flexible and follow your lead, often asking questions or sharing what comes up for me. Our work stays focused on the present; I don’t require a deep dive into your past to help you move forward today.
Relationship:
I view therapy as a relationship. I will share insights and my intuition with honesty and humility. If I miss something, I will acknowledge this and repair it.
Attunement:
As an empath, I feel a lot. I will share this with you and you will probably see it in my expression or hear it in how I talk.
Forward Movement:
My approach meets you where you are and moves with you toward where you want to be.
I draw from many modalities, as well as years of lived experience, including:
✓ Family-of-origin work
✓ Mindfulness and somatic awareness (to calm the nervous system)
✓ Attachment and trauma-informed approaches
✓ Spiritual principles
✓ Cognitive and relational therapy
✓ CBT and EMDR techniques
✓ Here-and-now emotional tracking
✓ Solution-focused coaching strategies
But above all:
I sit beside you. We journey together.