My Professional Background:

I received a Master's Degree at University of San Francisco in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage & Family Counseling. I completed part of my training at St. Mary's Hospital's McAuley Institute, providing individual and group therapy to high risk adolescents. For the remaining  years of my internship I treated individuals and couples at New Perspectives Center for Counseling in San Francisco. I hold a license ( MFC 87232) to practice psychotherapy through the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  Fall 2020 I became a Candidate Psychoanalyst in the Adult Psychoanalytical Training at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis. I also hold membership in the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis .