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Individual Therapy

ADHD Therapy & Neurodivergent Burnout Support in California

You’ve tried harder. You’ve blamed yourself. You’ve outsmarted the chaos more times than anyone knows. But you’re tired—and you deserve a different kind of help.

Therapy doesn’t have to feel like one more thing you’re failing at.

If you live with ADHD or are neurodivergent, chances are you've spent years adapting to a world that doesn’t meet you where you are. You've learned to mask, to hustle through the fog, to hold yourself to neurotypical standards that don’t reflect your reality.

You might be:

  • Cycling between hyperfocus and total shutdown

  • Struggling with executive dysfunction, missed deadlines, and decision paralysis

  • Constantly fighting your own brain to “just get it together”

  • Emotionally overloaded—then ashamed for being “too sensitive” or “too much”

  • Stuck in burnout and wondering how much longer you can keep pushing

This is not a motivation issue. It’s not a discipline problem. It’s nervous system exhaustion. And you don’t have to navigate it alone.

What If Therapy Actually Worked For Your Brain?

As a therapist with ADHD, I have my experience with many similar challenges. I offer neurodivergent-affirming, trauma-informed therapy for adults across California—especially creatives, late-diagnosed ADHDers, and those who feel like they’ve always been the “weird kid,” the “sensitive one,” or the “high achiever who’s quietly falling apart.”

This is therapy that:

  • Honors your natural rhythm, attention span, and energy cycles

  • Gives you tools that actually work for ADHD—no shame, no gaslighting

  • Helps you unlearn perfectionism and masking

  • Offers optional integration of somatic techniques, microdosing, or ketamine-assisted therapy

  • Understands that neurodivergent burnout is real, and rest is not optional

You don’t need to “get better at therapy.” Therapy needs to get better at meeting you.

Common Pain Points I Help With:

  • “I feel like my brain betrays me.”

  • “I know what I should be doing but I can’t make myself do it.”

  • “Everything feels urgent and overwhelming—or totally numb.”

  • “I’m constantly behind, and exhausted from pretending I’m not.”

  • “I’ve lost touch with who I am underneath the burnout.”

Sound familiar?

Let’s work together to unravel these patterns gently, at your pace, without pressure. I offer online ADHD therapy across California, with an approach that is creative, intuitive, and radically nonjudgmental.

Work With a Therapist Who Gets It

I’ve worked with clients navigating ADHD, AuDHD, and other forms of neurodivergence—especially those who are:

  • Burned out high performers wondering if their capacity is gone for good

  • Creative minds blocked by executive dysfunction

  • Highly sensitive souls who shut down under pressure or overextend to stay “normal”

  • Queer and neurodivergent clients who need an affirming space to unmask

Whether you're officially diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or just wondering—this space is for you.You Deserve Support That Works With Your Brain, Not Against It. You’ve held it together for a long time. You don’t have to do it alone anymore.

Ready to Take the Next Step? Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to explore fit and ask questions

Therapy for Depression and Anxiety

You may look fine on the outside—but inside, you feel disconnected, overwhelmed, or numb.

Maybe you’re keeping up appearances, going through the motions, handling what needs to be done. But deep down, something feels off. You feel stuck. Weighed down. Disconnected from joy, clarity, or meaning.

You might be wondering:

  • Why can’t I feel happy, even when things are going well?

  • Why do I feel so far from myself, from others, from life?

  • Is this all there is?

You want to feel more balanced. More alive. More like yourself. Therapy can help you get there.

A Compassionate, Whole-Person Approach to Depression Therapy & Anxiety Therapy

This is not about fixing what’s wrong with you.
It’s about gently exploring what’s been silenced, blocked, or buried—and beginning to reconnect.

In our work together, we’ll look at what’s getting in the way of presence and peace. That might include:

  • Processing unresolved grief or trauma

  • Learning how to work with your emotions instead of against them

  • Building skills for emotional regulation and boundaries

  • Reconnecting to your intuitive voice, your creative self, and your inner guidance

  • Tuning into moments of nourishment and calm, even in everyday life

There’s nothing you need to perform here. You get to show up as you are. You get to slow down. You get to remember what wholeness feels like.

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Depression, Treatment-Resistant Depression, & Anxiety

For some clients, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) can be a powerful part of the healing process. If you're struggling with depression or treatment-resistant depression, we can explore whether this approach is right for you.

I can refer you to a prescribing psychiatrist for medical evaluation. If deemed appropriate, I offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Integration Therapy as part of your treatment plan.

Together, we’ll prepare for your sessions, create a safe and supportive space during your ketamine experiences, and process the insights that emerge—so the healing goes beyond the medicine.

Ketamine is not a cure. But it can open new pathways—especially when held in a therapeutic container that supports real, embodied integration.

Trauma Therapy in California

When everything feels like too much—and nothing makes sense—healing can feel far away. But you don’t have to go through this alone.

You may be angry. Numb. Disconnected.
You might feel stuck in survival mode, exhausted from carrying the weight of something life-altering. Maybe you’ve experienced trauma related to chronic illness, ADHD, or other neurodivergence—struggles that can deeply impact your sense of safety and self. It’s hard to explain it to others—maybe no one seems to get what you’ve been through.

Even talking about it can feel overwhelming. And that’s okay.

I offer trauma therapy that honors your pace, your story, and your body’s wisdom. This isn’t about forcing a breakthrough or digging up everything at once. It’s about finding safe ground together—then moving forward from there.

A Gentle, Integrative Approach to Healing Trauma

There’s no single way to heal.
But there are practices that can help ease the pain, rebuild trust, and restore a sense of wholeness.

In our work together, we might explore:

  • Talk therapy, when you’re ready to share

  • Art therapy, for when words aren’t enough

  • Somatic awareness, to reconnect with your body in safe, steady ways

  • Self-trust and intuitive reconnection, so you can stop second-guessing and start listening inward

This is not about erasing the past—it’s about loosening its grip, so you can make space for the future you want to live into.

Trauma Healing Looks Like:

  • Learning how to feel safe again—in your body, in relationships, in daily life

  • Letting go of constant rumination, regret, or “should-have” spirals

  • Gaining skills that calm your nervous system and reduce anxiety

  • Restoring your relationship with yourself—with kindness, curiosity, and compassion

  • Beginning to imagine a future that feels possible, grounded, and free

You don’t need to have it all figured out.
You don’t have to tell the whole story.
You just have to begin—at your own pace, with someone who’s here to walk alongside you.

I offer trauma therapy online throughout California and in person in Oakland. If you're ready to take the first step toward healing, reach out to schedule a free consultation.

Stuck Creatives

You feel blocked or stuck creatively and you’re not sure what to do. You’re not making work or you’re making work that doesn’t feel aligned. Many times that sense of blocked creativity relates to anxiety.   It can be tough to keep the flow of creativity going and to manage the daily vulnerability of sharing work that comes from a place deep within. It’s easy to get stuck in negative thought patterns surrounding rejection and failure that make it impossible to even begin working on a project. I support you as you change these patterns.

I encourage you to visit a curious place within that allows possibilities to open up. Therapy can help you discover what’s holding you back. At its core, creativity is about freedom. It allows you to enter a flow state and even transcend beyond the day-to-day. We can work on processing sources of anxiety so you can access a more free part of yourself. I will encourage you to work through a block and to engage in your work in a way that feels inspired. 

“Just do your work.

And if the world needs your work, it will come and get you.

And if it doesn’t, do your work anyway.

You can have fantasies about having control over the world, but I know I can barely control my kitchen sink.

That is the grace I am given.

Because when one can control things, one is limited to one’s own vision.”

-Kiki Smith.”

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PSYCHEDELIC INTEGRATION + KETAMINE INTEGRATION

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Clinical Counseling.

I offer holistic counseling because I am passionate about helping clients to take steps toward their best lives. As a counselor, I believe we can address your self-limiting beliefs and work on building a self-concept that supports your growth. Your journey back into yourself doesn't have to be one you make alone. Let’s honor your mind, body, and spirit by practicing healing that engages your intuition and allows you to enter a new space of knowing.

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EMDR.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a type of therapy that can help you heal from symptoms of traumatic stress and emotional pain resulting from challenging life experiences. Anyone who has noticed a bruise fade or a cut scab can acknowledge the body has a deep and sometimes mysterious capacity to heal itself from injury. However, we often forget the impressive healing power of our minds. EMDR is guided by a theory that recognizes the mind can heal itself as the body does. EMDR functions as a mental and somatic therapy. Sounds pretty unreal, huh? But the good news is that this type of therapy has been widely studied and, under the right circumstances, demonstrates remarkable efficacy.

Check it out:

http://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr/

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Art Therapy.

Creativity helps us tap into one of the core experiences of being human, connecting us to our own visual language. When this work is done with a sense of respect and ritual, it encourages transformative experiences. Using the training acquired as graduate of an American Art Therapy Association-approved master’s program, I carefully choose materials and prepare a space physically and metaphorically. Afterward, we verbally process the art-making experience. The depth of information that can be revealed during the processing allows us to make surprising discoveries! 

Online Counseling

Interested in working together but having trouble with transportation or scheduling? Stuck at home due to COVID regulations? We can meet online through a secure platform for video sessions or by phone. You can see me from the comfort of your room or anywhere private. Telehealth is perfect for people with packed schedules who don’t have time to make it to and from my office, anyone who struggles with mobility, or anyone who just prefers to be at home. Via telehealth I can work with anyone in the state of California.

Our online therapy sessions are just like in-person sessions. We will meet for 50 minutes and explore your goals and needs. If you’re interested, we can engage in art therapy with materials you have at home.

Feeling Unsure? Here are some benefits of meeting online:

  • Effectiveness- studies show it’s as effective as meeting in person for a variety of issues

  • Depth- some people find it easier to speak about challenging topics online than it is in person which makes our work together more rich

  • Ease- we can meet anywhere private with a wifi connection without worrying about travel, parking, childcare, weather, or mobility

Breathwork

Breathwork is a form of active meditation that creates time to disconnect from the thoughts, tune into the body, move energy, and hold space for emotion practiced with the intention of creating healing and transformational experiences. It can invite intense somatic and emotional experiences such as feeling like you’ve processed trauma or released ‘stuck’ emotions. Practicing breathwork may also inspire a sense of heightened intuition and awareness of the present as well as feelings of clarity and calm.

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