I get what it feels like to “know better”. To have a hunch that there is a different way to be living, but still getting so tempted into all your old ways of being. Like you’re on autopilot when you really don’t want to be.

I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with my Master’s in Science from Friends University. I’m a 200 Hour Anusara Yoga Teacher for heart-opening practices and a Certified Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Teacher through Dharma Moon and Tibet House. I also have done every form of healing and therapy you can imagine and can relate to your dedication to get better no matter the cost.

I understand your wish to privilege the “better angels of your nature” and will unlock those parts of you, while being gentle with the obstacles that cloud your mission. I have ended two marriages in order to dedicate my life to the path on which I genuinely belong. My commitment to this work has no bounds. This path is all there is.

I integrate Eastern philosophy into therapy sessions. A blending of Eastern wisdom (focusing on self-discipline and training the mind) and Western psychology (focusing on mending attachment wounds and relying on healthy caring relationships) bring an acceptance of our true nature as mystical, spiritual beings who are also human and scientific.

There is no problem too small. In fact, honoring the little curiosities or neuroses in yourself is deep dedication to cultivating your purest, most refined form.

Our life is a series of refinements. Like sandpaper. We start with an extra-coarse grit and keep graduating to a finer and finer grit sandpaper. The work never ends, but your problems may start to become seemingly more trivial. Don’t discount your own suffering due to it being uniquely refined. Instead, see that as a sign of your continued growth, your progress on your path.