Parents & teens
When your teen is struggling, it's hard to know where to turn. I work with adolescents — and alongside their families — to build trust, communication, and real coping skills.
Who I help
Every story is different. Yours belongs here.
My job is to listen to your story — and to help you write the next chapter.
Young adults
Launching into adulthood is disorienting — identity, relationships, career, anxiety. Therapy is a place to sort out who you are and where you're headed, without judgment.
Adults
Stress, life transitions, ADHD, relationships, or simply the feeling that something needs to shift. Together we'll find practical, sustainable ways forward.
Areas of specialization
Support for the parts of life that can feel hardest to carry alone.
Some experiences deserve space, care, and a therapist who is willing to meet you where you are.
LGBTQ+ affirming therapy
A supportive, affirming space to explore identity, relationships, family dynamics, anxiety, and the experience of being LGBTQ+ in a world that doesn't always make that easy.
Learn more →Life transitions
Change can be exciting, painful, disorienting — or all three. Therapy can help you find your footing when life looks different than it used to.
Learn more →Grief & loss
Grief doesn't follow a timeline or a rulebook. You don't have to rush through it, make sense of it, or carry it alone.
Learn more →How I work
Proven approaches, shaped around you.
I draw from complementary, evidence-based modalities.
Person-centered
You are the expert on your own life. I bring genuine warmth, curiosity, and zero judgment.
Solution-focused
We spend more time building what works than dissecting what doesn't.
CBT
Practical tools to notice unhelpful thought patterns and change how they shape your days.
Mindfulness
Learning to be present with what is — calming the nervous system, not just the schedule.
Radical acceptance
Making peace with what we can't control, so energy goes where change is possible.
Trained in ADHD treatment for teens and adults. If ADHD is part of your story — diagnosed or suspected — I offer strategies grounded in how your brain actually works, not how it's "supposed" to.
Affirming care
A safe space for the LGBTQ+ community
This practice is a safe and affirming space for LGBTQ+ clients of every age, with a special focus on supporting transgender youth and their families.
For trans and gender-questioning young people, having one adult who truly listens can change everything. I work with youth on identity, resilience, and wellbeing — and with parents who love their kids and want to get this right.
Whoever you are, and wherever you are in your journey: you are welcome here.
Ready to take the first step?
Reaching out is often the hardest part — and it gets easier from here. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to see if we're a good fit.
Book a free consultationCurrently accepting new clients in California · Telehealth and in-person sessions available
First Street Therapy · 2470 First Street, Ste. 200A · Livermore, California
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