About Me
As a licensed psychologist, I specialize in delivering comprehensive, evidence-based assessments. I integrate precision and respect, ensuring the process feels clear and supportive. Behind every diagnosis is a person’s story, and I’m committed to helping create meaningful insight—with compassion and care. Evidence-based psychological testing provides a clear picture of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functioning. Whether for a child, adolescent, or adult, assessments identify learning patterns, attention challenges, and emotional factors contributing to current concerns. Results are translated into “real-life” language. This process clarifies strengths, areas for growth, and underlying dynamics that may be influencing performance or wellbeing. A collaborative and personalized action-plan including strategies, resources, referrals and follow-through to help clients move forward with clarity and confidence.
Our First Conversation
Our first conversation is a consultation — typically 45 to 60 minutes — to understand what brought you in, what you're hoping to learn or change, and whether a formal assessment, ongoing therapy, or a referral to a colleague would serve you best. I won't recommend testing or treatment you don't need.
If we proceed with assessment, I'll walk you through the battery and timeline. If we proceed with therapy, we'll outline a working frame and revisit it as we go.
What You Can Count On From Me
Clients and referrers tell me three things stand out. I take diagnostic ambiguity seriously and won't overstate certainty I don't have. I integrate assessment findings into treatment in a way that's clinically usable, not just descriptive. And I name when I think someone else on our team — or outside it — would serve you better than I can.
Who I’m Here For
I work most often with adults and older adolescents whose presenting concerns warrant either a formal assessment or longer-term psychotherapy. That includes complex diagnostic questions, treatment-resistant symptoms, and presentations where prior brief therapy hasn't moved the needle. I also consult to other clinicians on differential diagnosis and case conceptualization.
My Therapeutic Approach
My practice integrates evidence-based assessment with collaborative treatment planning. Whether the work begins with diagnostic clarification or moves directly into therapy, I take seriously that what we measure shapes what we treat — and that no test result is a substitute for the conversation that surrounds it.
For longer-term care, I draw on cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and acceptance-based approaches, matched to what fits the person in front of me rather than the framework I was trained in most recently.
Treatment Methods
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps you accept difficult thoughts and feelings rather than fight them, while taking action aligned with your values. Particularly effective for anxiety, chronic pain, and depression.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps you identify thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress — then build skills to interrupt and change them. Highly effective and well-researched.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, navigating relationships, and tolerating distress. Originally developed for borderline personality disorder, now used broadly for emotional regulation.
Note: Consultations and ongoing sessions run 45 to 60 minutes. Assessment batteries are scheduled separately.
Insurance Accepted
Out of PocketKaiser PermanenteIEHP - MediCalCignaAnthem - Bluecross
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Age Preferences
Adolescents (13-17)Young Adults (18-30)Middle Adulthood (30-64)Elderly (65 +)
Clinical Focus
ADHDAdjustment IssuesAnxietyBehavioral Problems
Location
Sessions are offered via secure video. Available statewide across California.
