My interest in working as a therapist starting in my own journey as a client. My sister died when I was 5 years old and my family collapsed. I was a rebellious teenager, very expressed, and clearly asking for help. As an adult, I was struggling in my interpersonal relationships, unable to feel safe enough to be vulnerable and constantly in a state of fight/flight. These relationships were precious to me, and I wanted to be the partner, friend, daughter and sister that I strove to be. On a mission to heal my childhood trauma, I was given several diagnoses, including C-PTSD and BPD. Talk therapy was helpful, and limited. I did not believe that I was stuck in my trauma-responses, enough therapists and mentors believed in me. It was only through my dance and performance studies that I learned to process, move through and integrate my pain and grief. After this, I invested in somatic therapy modalities such as EMDR and IFS, which helped immensely. I began to learn that it is safe to feel my pain and to ask for help. My relationships began to change with my careful and consistent study in mindfulness and awareness. I lapsed and spiraled several times; the journey is not a straight one. I am still on it, and learning more everyday. This journey from trauma to safety, from anger to vulnerability, propelled me to want to help others do the same. My my role as a therapist is to hold space for you to process what you need, to gentle guide when it is called for, and to offer you an experience of yourself in a safe container, and I am deeply honored to do so. I believe that the only problem we have is that we think we have a problem.

Healing is Relational.

I am currently an AMFT working with Enamory, a virtual private practice based in San Diego, California, under the supervision of Dr. Kayla Knopp (CA PSY 32016). They specialize in couples therapy, workshops, retreats, expansive relationships and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Check them out at enamory.org. We do not take insurance but I can create a superbill for you.

I also work virtually under Shiva Howell (LMFT 129944), who is based in LA and specializes in art therapy, couples work and psychedelic integration therapy. We are able to take several insurances: Aetna, Cigna, United, and Oscar. It is always best to run the insurance and check if we can take it. You can send your insurance info to: contact@copehousecollective.com