Whether you're struggling with questions of identity, life transition, coping with grief and loss, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, substance abuse, or other compulsivity...

We can create your path toward healing.

I am an LGBT-affirmative therapist and I provide LGBT Affirming Therapy Services  in  Costa Mesa and  Los  Alamitos, CA. It's not your sexual orientation that's a problem. The problem is stigma, oppression and judgement projected onto LGBT people. Sometimes the least safe place can be in your own family, not to mention the culture. And, LGBT people struggle with many of the same issues as everyone else. 

My office is a Safe Zone. 🏳️‍🌈

I created a video series called OUT & INformed, about issues in the LGBT Community. If you want to check them out, click the link below. 

Depression, fear, shame and anxiety can take control over your life. Some of the ways we learn to cope with these often makes things worse. Cycles of obsession, hopelessness and isolation can destroy lives. With the right kind of help, you can rediscover YOU, and your motivation, perspective, and joy and live a life you love. 

Trauma impacts people's lives in subtle and profound ways. It can  shatter lives. AND it's possible to overcome trauma, even the trauma of growing up in dysfunction, disconnection or abuse. 

• Shock Trauma (PTSD)
• Complex trauma
• Developmental trauma

"Big T" Traumas like war, life threat or violence can lead to PTSD. 

"Small t" trauma, like growing up in chronic fear, helplessness, humiliation, shame or abandonment can affect development of the nervous system and personality. 

Healing is Possible.

I am trained in EMDR, an evidence-based trauma resolution therapy that is shown to help people overcome traumatic memories and alleviate suffering.