Qualifications:

About me professionally:

I received my Masters Degree from San Francisco State University in Marriage and Famiy Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling and became licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in 2000. 

My specialties also include drug and alcohol recovery studies (UC Berkeley Extension 1993) and psychoanalytic psychotherapy (Center for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 2004-6).  In 1997, I founded Our Family Coalition, a non-profit organization serving the needs of non-traditional families.  Since then, I have developed a private practice that is inclusive of many kinds of people from many walks of life.

About me personally:

Let me tell you a little bit about myself.  I came to the San Francisco Bay Area with a lot of hope, but eventually became aware that I seemed to lack an inner road map that others seemed to have.  After several painful attempts to create the life I wanted all by myself, I decided to try therapy.  I was surprised when it actually worked.  Since then, I have raised a family and am now practicing from my offices in San Francisco and Oakland.  This October, I will be traveling in Himalayas, studying psychotherapy and philosophy.

I have found that like me, many who start therapy are skeptical that lasting positive change can come from seeing a therapist. Yet change is possible, if you are willing to work for it.