One of the most meaningful parts of my work — as a therapist, supervisor, and faculty member at Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology, where I teach clinical psychology — is getting to know people and walking with them through the unfolding of their lives, regardless of who they are or where they find themselves on the path. I look forward to meeting you and, if we end up working together, to walking beside you for a stretch of the way.

I believe you are the author of your life, and my role isn’t to write your story for you. Instead, I see myself as a curious, attentive reader — asking questions that create room for new possibilities, noticing what might have been overlooked, and helping to uncover what the problem-focused approach may have masked.

Our struggles and joys are shared experiences, not solitary. They flow between us. What opens in shared space remains closed in isolation — but within that openness, more becomes possible: living as ourselves without shame, loosening the grip of anxiety and worry, experiencing joy, loving and being loved, feeling a sense of belonging. It’s the gradual work of building a life that reflects your values.