Education & Experience

+ EMDR Therapist since 2015, Certified EMDR therapist since April 2018. + Completed Level I and II of training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, greatly enhancing my EMDR practice, in 2019. + Granted California Psychology license and opened private practice in Palo Alto, California in 2009. + Earned Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in 2008. My academic research focused on how people successfully recover from job burnout. + Over fifteen years ago, I was a technology consultant at a data warehousing and business strategy firm based in Chicago and Boston working with knowledge management and strategy. I liked a lot of things about my job: working with intelligent, committed people on hard problems, presenting solutions to those problems, and the money. Then I had an epiphany: I realized I was spending my life making large, anonymous companies larger and more anonymous. This realization led to burnout, anxiety and depression. After years of exploration, I realized my life could be directed around my priorities and values rather than chasing other people’s ideas of success.