MFT · LPCC · SAN FRANCISCO
MFT · LPCC · SAN FRANCISCO
Mindfulness is the foundation of everything I do in therapy. It means paying attention to what is happening right now — in your body, noticing your feelings and thoughts, your experience — without judgment in this moment. It sounds simple, but for most people it is a genuine skill that takes real practice to develop.
In our work together, mindfulness shows up as a sequence: noticing what is happening and what reactions are arising, creating a pause to reflect on what you are experiencing, and then considering what action — if any — actually serves you. That pause between noticing and acting is where real change lives. We break free of stories we create and get into what is real in the moment.
Anger, emotional shutdown, overwhelm, or the sense that feelings run the show rather than inform it — these are some of the most common reasons people come to me. I work with people of all backgrounds who want to understand what’s happening inside them and make more skillful choices.
Sometimes depression and anxiety look like a full, productive life with a persistent low hum of dread underneath it. I work with people who are functional but suffering — and getting curious about the parts of ourselves that are feeling nervous, scared, or hurt.
Burnout often happens to people who have worked incredibly hard for a very long time. I work with high-functioning people who have lost touch with what they actually want, who they are outside of their productivity, and what a sustainable life looks like for them.
To be human is to be affected by what is happening around us. The stress of political and social upheaval — the uncertainty, the grief, the anger, the fear — is real and takes a real toll. It is not weakness. It means you are paying attention. It means you are human. We can explore…
For those seeking it, I offer a space to explore the deeper questions — meaning, mortality, faith, doubt, and what makes a life worth living. I bring a personal and longstanding contemplative practice to this work, informed by Zen Buddhism and Jewish wisdom traditions. I am equally at home with people who have a rich…