Depression & emotional numbness
Low mood, disconnection, hopelessness, loss of motivation, or difficulty feeling pleasure and meaning.
Psychotherapy for adults, couples, and families in the Santa Cruz area
A place to understand what you carry—and relate to it differently.
Relational, attachment-focused, and integrative psychotherapy for adults, couples, and families seeking relief, greater understanding, and more freedom in how they relate and move through life together.
Slow down.
Listen closely.
Make room.
Centrally located in Soquel
Serving North & South County
Telehealth across California
Reasons people come to therapy
We can name the symptoms without reducing you to them.
I work with a broad range of diagnoses, symptoms, relationship concerns, and life experiences. This is not an exhaustive list.
Anxiety, worry & panic
Persistent worry, physical tension, panic attacks, avoidance, or the sense that your mind and body cannot settle.
OCD, intrusive thoughts & compulsions
Distressing thoughts, rumination, checking, reassurance seeking, rituals, or patterns that feel difficult to interrupt.
Trauma, PTSD & CPTSD
When past experiences continue to affect safety, trust, the nervous system, relationships, or your sense of self.
Explore trauma therapyRelationships & attachment
Recurring conflict, over-giving, pulling away, fear of closeness, losing yourself, or feeling unseen in connection.
Grief, change & questions of meaning
Loss, caregiving, end of life, identity shifts, major transitions, or uncertainty about how you want to live.
Guilt, shame, regret & moral injury
Persistent guilt or shame, difficulty forgiving yourself, regret about a decision, feeling responsible for a painful outcome, or questioning what your actions say about who you are.
Self-esteem, self-worth & sense of self
Low self-esteem, self-doubt, difficulty trusting your perceptions or choices, comparison, reassurance-seeking, or uncertainty about who you are outside of roles and relationships.
What therapy can offer
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”— Carl Rogers
What brings you here may be hard to name
You may feel stuck, unlike yourself, or caught in something that keeps repeating.
Maybe you are overwhelmed by worry or panic, living with intrusive thoughts or compulsions, moving through depression or numbness, carrying experiences that still feel present, or struggling in relationships. Maybe there is no neat label—only a sense that something needs attention. Therapy can offer a place to understand what is happening, find relief, and create more room for choice.
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