My approach is relational, strengths-based, and person-centered, which means I believe you have the capacity to find resolutions inside yourself, and my role is to support you as we explore together. It also means that my approach will be specific to you and will vary depending on what you hope to achieve.

I have experience working with LGBTQIA+ seniors in support groups at Openhouse, with queer folks in recovery at the Castro Country Club, and as a residential treatment counselor at PRC Baker Places (formerly Positive Resource Center). I’m also a founding member of the AIDS/LifeCycle team The San Francisco Baes, fundraising, educating, and ending HIV/AIDS stigma in support of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

I’m originally from the east coast and grew up in Staten Island and Brooklyn, NY. I received a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic design from American University in Washington, DC, and a Master of Arts degree in counseling psychology—with a concentration in integral counseling psychology—from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.

Before becoming a psychotherapist I worked for decades as a designer, art director, and creative director in creative agencies and multinational corporations across the fields of entertainment, finance, marketing, media, publishing, and technology.

Professional affiliations

• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)

• Bay Area Open Minds

• California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and the San Francisco chapter (SFCAMFT)

• Center for Positive Sexuality

• Gaylesta

• The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance (TASHRA)