AVAILABLE IN-PERSON AND ONLINE IN CALIFORNIA
Individual Therapy for Adults in Redondo Beach
Relief from what you’ve been feeling is possible with the right support—and you don’t have to hit rock bottom to be worthy of it.
YOU ALREADY KNOW SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE
You’ve been holding it together, but you're not okay—and you're tired of pretending otherwise.
There's something going on you haven't been able to fix on your own—and you’re usually so good at solving problems. That's a frustrating place to be. You may have tried to work through it, push past it, and reason your way out of it—that’s just who you are. But none of it has worked the way you hoped.
You might be someone who...
Has been living with worry and dread for so long that functioning in spite of it has started to feel like the only way you know how to operate.
Keeps ending up in the same place with the people closest to you—different person, same outcome—and has started to wonder whether the pattern is coming from somewhere inside you.
Is doing everything right on paper and still wakes up most mornings with a feeling you can't quite name or shake, like something is fundamentally off even when there's no obvious reason for it to be.
Has been through a loss—a relationship, a person, a version of your life you thought you were building—and is still not on the other side of it the way you expected to be by now.
Is standing at a crossroads and keeps circling the same decision without being able to move—not because you don't know what you want, but because something keeps getting in the way of going after it.
Has been performing a version of yourself for so long that you've lost track of who you are.
When you sit down with the right person, you realize the problem you came in with is likely a symptom of something deeper.
I have experience treating...
Relationships
Stress & Burnout
Anxiety
Fears & Phobias
Panic Attacks
Grief & Loss
Self-Esteem
Identity Development
Lifestyle & Health Issues
Psychosomatic Issues
Emotional Dysregulation
OCD & obsessive thinking
Perfectionism
Depression
procrastination
Anger management
Addictions
Life transitions
Isolation & Withdrawal
Eating Issues
Personal growth
Midlife Crisis
Bipolar disorder
PTSD & Trauma
ADHD
Empty nest syndrome
Narcissism
Sexual Dysfunction
YOU DON’T NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT ALONE
You need someone who brings as much to the table as you do.
Here's what a session with me looks like: We start with the practical problems you walked in with. During our time together, I'm taking notes, asking direct questions, and working with you to figure out what's going on underneath what’s showing on the surface.
I share my perspective when it's useful, challenge you when the moment calls for it, and give you honest feedback rather than just reflecting your own thoughts back at you. We’ll take it slow in the beginning, and over time start to look at what’s really driving the patterns you’re noticing.
If you've tried therapy before and felt like you were going through the motions without getting anywhere—this will feel different.
I’m not your average therapist. I spent 25 years in leadership positions across healthcare and consulting. I’ve served in the C-suite and the Air Force. I've sat in high-stakes environments, made decisions with real consequences, navigated major life transitions, and found my way through the kind of personal and professional pressure that doesn't have easy answers.
I don’t come to this from the outside looking in—I’ve gone inside and done the work myself.
Some of the Methods We’ll Use in Individual Therapy
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We explore your attachment style and the deeper patterns and early experiences that have been shaping how you see yourself and the world—because understanding where your patterns came from is often the first step toward being able to change them.
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We identify the thought patterns driving your anxiety, depression, or self-defeating behaviors and replace them with more useful ways of thinking that you can apply in real situations—structured, practical, and results-oriented.
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We work with the different parts of yourself—the inner critic, the people-pleaser, the part that shuts down under pressure—to build a more integrated, compassionate relationship with yourself as a whole.
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Rather than fighting your thoughts and feelings, we build the psychological flexibility to experience them without being controlled by them—and to take meaningful action based on your values rather than your fears.
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We build the specific skills that help you navigate intense emotions and high-conflict situations without making them worse—particularly effective for fluctuating moods, impulsive behaviors, and the emotional intensity that has been getting in the way of the life you want.
There's a version of you on the other side of this work who has stopped bracing for what comes next and started showing up with confidence.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU…
Get to a place where the beliefs, behaviors, and emotions that have been running your life finally make sense—and you’re able to act from that place of understanding.
Make decisions that reflect who you are rather than who you've been performing—because you know yourself well enough to tell the difference.
Reach the other side of the grief that has been a constant presence and source of daily pain—not by forgetting it, but by no longer being defined by it.
Move through high-pressure situations and difficult moments without being blindsided by the moods and thought patterns that used to derail you.
Release the habits that have been getting between you and your potential—because you understand and accept what they were doing for you and have built something better in their place.
Stand at a crossroads and actually make a move—with enough clarity about who you are and what you want and with less fear over making the “wrong” decision.
Exist in the world as you truly are, not who you feel like you have to pretend to be.
You're good at solving hard problems. So am I. Let's solve them together.
Individual Therapy available in-person in Redondo Beach and online throughout California.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Clinically, I hold a Master of Clinical Social Work from USC, where I graduated with Department Honors, and I'm trained in a wide range of evidence-based approaches including Psychodynamic Therapy, CBT, IFS, ACT, and DBT. But what sets this work apart goes beyond the credentials. I also have a Master of Healthcare Administration.
I spent 25 years in various leadership positions—including C-suite. I’ve served in the military, and I’ve navigated the kind of personal and professional pressure that most therapists have only read about. I've done my own work—I know what it feels like to be stuck, to push through something that isn't working, and to find a way through it. That combination of clinical training and lived experience is what makes the work we do here different.
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The most common reason therapy doesn't produce lasting change is that it stays too surface-level to address what's driving the problem—or the approach wasn't the right fit for how you think and process. If you've sat across from a therapist who just nodded and reflected your feelings back at you without any real change happening, I understand the skepticism. My approach is direct and engaged (and a little funny) with concrete goals in mind.
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That depends on what you're working on and how deep the work needs to go. We don’t want to rush it, but we won't waste your time. We'll check in regularly to make sure you're getting what you came for.
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Not at all. Most of my clients aren't coming in with a clinical diagnosis—they're coming in because something isn't working and they want to understand why and do something about it. You don't need a label to benefit from this work. You just need to be willing to show up and do it.
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Coaching tends to focus on the tactical—goals, strategy, performance. Therapy goes deeper, into the emotional and psychological patterns that are driving your behavior and your experience of yourself. In practice, the two are often hard to fully separate, and my approach draws on both depending on what you need at any given point in the work. We start with the practical problems you walked in with and go deeper from there.
If you’re looking for coaching, I offer executive therapy & coaching services for high-achieving professionals who may benefit from a different approach.
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Everything discussed in our sessions is protected by strict confidentiality laws, with very limited legal exceptions that I'll walk you through before we begin.