Therapy
Depth-oriented therapy in Los Angeles.
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The Work — Individual Therapy.
A central part of my approach is developing a thoughtful, individualized understanding of your inner world. It’s not a diagnosis or a category. It’s more like a map that helps us see:
- ·what you’re struggling with now
- ·how earlier experiences shaped your emotional patterns
- ·the expectations you bring into relationships
- ·the ways you protect yourself — and how those same defenses, while once necessary, may now be keeping you from growing
- ·and how all of this shows up in your daily life — and in therapy itself
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Moving Beyond Labels.
Many people try to understand themselves through the language of diagnoses. They say, “I have anxiety,” “I’m avoidant,” “I have ADHD,” “My child is oppositional,” and while these labels describe the what, they often miss the why.
I help you explore:
- ·what the symptoms are trying to communicate
- ·what emotional needs or conflicts lie underneath
- ·how old relational patterns still shape your present experiences
- ·what in you is asking to be understood, not pathologized
When you understand yourself at this level, you’re no longer defined by symptoms — you begin to feel more whole, flexible, and connected.
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Child & Adolescent Therapy.
Children often can’t yet put their inner world into words — they show us through behavior, play, and emotion instead of telling us directly.
Working With Children and Parents
When I work with children and their families, I focus on:
- ·understanding the meaning behind the child’s symptoms, not just naming them
- ·identifying emotional needs or conflicts the child can’t yet put into words
- ·helping parents see beneath the behavior, to the inner experience driving it
- ·understanding how family dynamics shape what the child is expressing
This work helps parents move from “What’s wrong with my child?” to “What is my child trying to communicate, and how can I help?”
Play Therapy for Children
For younger children, I use play therapy. Children don’t yet have the words or the developmental capacity to talk about their feelings the way adults do — instead, they express their inner world through play. In session, toys, drawing, and imaginative play become a language: a child might act out a scene, build something, or return to the same game again and again, and each of these choices carries meaning. Play therapy allows me to observe and gently work with what a child cannot yet say directly, in a way that feels natural and safe to them.
Working With Adolescents
Adolescents are different — they’re often ready and even eager to talk, especially once they trust that the space is truly theirs. I offer teenagers a private, judgment-free space where they can speak openly, often surfacing thoughts and feelings they haven’t shared with anyone else.
This doesn’t mean parents are left out. Quite the opposite: I work closely with parents throughout, sharing the understanding we build (while respecting the adolescent’s need for a confidential space) so that everyone is working from the same map, not different assumptions.
A Team Approach, Grounded in Understanding
What sets my work apart is that I don’t just observe and report — I build a clear, individualized understanding of why your child feels and behaves the way they do, and I share that understanding with you. Parents leave our work together not just with strategies, but with real insight into their child’s inner world.
We work as a team: my understanding of your child’s inner life, combined with your knowledge of them as their parent, becomes the foundation for lasting change — for your child, and for the family as a whole.
Begin
The first step is a conversation.
A complimentary 10-minute consultation by phone — to hear what brings you, and to see whether we might be a fit. There is no obligation.