My background
I am a born-and-raised New Yorker, now based in the Bay Area.
My path to psychiatry was a nontraditional one. Before pursuing medicine, I worked as a photographer, a counselor leading at-risk youth on backpacking trips through the high desert in Utah, and at a homeless shelter on the Bowery.
I earned my undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Psychology from Columbia University, then completed my post-baccalaureate premedical studies. I attended medical school at the University of Utah, where I was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and completed my psychiatric training in San Francisco at California Pacific Medical Center. During residency, I was proud to engage in labor advocacy and lead our house staff unionization efforts.
I pursued further training at the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, graduating from their Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program.
Seeking out support can feel overwhelming. My intention is to stand with you as you begin this journey of self-exploration — navigating toward growth, healing, and fulfillment. Working with another person to build a foundation for meaningful change is a challenging, yet deeply rewarding pursuit.
What draws me most to this work is getting to know each individual in a deep and relational capacity. My greatest joy comes from working collaboratively with patients to help them find their voice, articulate their own narrative, and uncover or create meaning in their past, present, and future. It is a profound privilege to be invited into a patient’s inner world — to earn their trust as they begin to untangle how past experiences and trauma have shaped the complex, unique person they are today.
My therapeutic style is warm, engaging, sincere, and psychoanalytically-oriented, often punctuated with humor. I am also direct and transparent. I meet patients exactly where they are, and I welcome their insights and feedback. Above all, I believe this work is most powerful when it is collaborative — a dynamic conversation between two people, working together toward understanding and change.