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About

I offer affirmative, strengths-based, and trauma-informed therapy to adults, teens, and families in Pasadena and Monrovia, and across the state of California. 
 

Areas of Interest​

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  • ADHD

  • Womens Issues

  • Complex Trauma

  • Attachment & Relationships

  • Identity Development

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Therapy Approach​​

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  • Narrative Therapy

  • Systems Theory

  • Acceptance & Commitment Therapy

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Education

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  • Masters of Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University

  • Masters of Education from University of Hawaii, Manoa

  • Bachelors in Early Child Development from Humboldt State University (now CalTech Humboldt)

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Leadership & Professional Organizations

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  • San Gabriel Vally CAMFT (SGV-CAMFT)

    • ​Board Member

    • Secretary & Communications & Marketing Chair

  • Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

    • ​Professional Membership

  • ADHD  Coaches Organization (ACO)​

    • Professional Membership, in process of accreditation to be a coach​

  • Glendale Area Mental Health Professional Association (GAMPHA)

  • Los Angeles CAMFT (LA-CAMFT)

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Trainings

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  • 2023 | Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference

    • Presenters: Gabor Mate, MD, John & Julie Gottman, PhD, Nancy McWilliams, PhD, Steve Hayes, PhD, Ellyn Bader, PhD

  • 2023 | International Cultic Studies Association Conference (ICSA) 

    • Presenters: Steve Eichel, PhD, Steve Hassan, PhD​

  • 2023 | California Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Annual Conference 

  • 2022 | Internal Family Systems with Sayun Scotton, MA., LMFT

  • 2021 | Implicit Bias In The Body: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Investigation of the White Cultural Paradigm with Pat Ogden, Ph.D

  • 2021 | Working with Trauma and the Body with Cristina Mardirossian, LMFT

  • 2021 | Managing Mood with Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness with Psychotherapy with Peter Levine

  • 2020 | Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES): Regulating the Stress Response for Kids with Dr. Dayna Long, Dr. Hillary Bowers & Dr. Pradeep Gidwani​

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Professional Statement


​With over two decades of experiences and higher level education in the science and art of understanding human development, learning, and healing, I believe that mental health professionals have a unique ethical obligation to stay educated, and critical about, the latest research in the human sciences, as well as an ability to integrate and adapt that knowledge to the unique, personalized stories that clients bring with them. In our sessions together, I will draw on narrative and systems theory to give practical tools and reflective insight while we discover who you are, now. 
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As a mental health professional, my work  extends out of the therapy room with individual clients. I believe in the power of connection and community to create systems of hope and positive change. Towards that goal, I am honored to be on the board of the San Gabriel Valley California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (SGV-CAMFT). I am also an active member of other local mental health organizations, including the Glendale Area for Mental Health Professionals Association (GAMPHA), Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), and the ADHD Coaching Organization (ACO).​
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Contact me to set up a free 15-minute intake appointment today and let me know how I can help you. 
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