Therapeutic Background

After a successful 10-year career as an award winning Art Director in advertising, I returned to school to pursue my passion for therapy and helping others by earning an M.A. in psychotherapy with a clinical concentration in Art Therapy. I have extensive experience working with children and families in hospital, school, and community mental health settings. As an Art Therapist Resident at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, I provided individual and family services with the palliative care team and led group art therapy with Transgender and non-binary patients in Adolescent and Young Adult Services. My passion for providing LGBTQ services extended to the Trevor Project where, as a trained volunteer, I answered calls from young people who were feeling suicidal or needed a safe, non-judgmental place to talk. Currently, I teach a class at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) instructing first year graduate students. My private practice work involves a great deal of understanding and knowledge gained from my past life as a skilled creative professional, allowing me to better work with high functioning creative adults (and couples) in fast-paced, demanding careers. Many clients are seeking assistance with relationships, work-life balance, self-sabotaging behaviors, life changes, perfectionism, and self-esteem.