Psychotherapy for Adults
Berkeley, CA
Education & Training
I’m a licensed clinical psychologist (PSY29469) with extensive experience working with adult and young adult clients in hospitals and university counseling centers. Most recently I worked in the student counseling center at San Francisco State University where I provided individual and group therapy to students and faculty. I received my doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Francisco.
Clinical Work Experience and Training:
San Francisco State University
Saint Mary’s College of California
Florida Gulf Coast University
Highland Hospital
San Francisco VA Medical Center
Davis Street Family Resource Center
Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
Affiliations:
American Psychological Association
California Psychological Association
Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
Bay Area Open Minds
Specialty & Clinical Interest
Young Adults
I specialize in working with young adult issues, identity development, life transition, and first-generation college students. Separating from your family, navigating new relationships, and discovering your path and interests are some of the unique challenges in this period of life. I have over five years of experience working in university counseling centers providing individual and group therapy to students, staff, and faculty.
Graduate Students, Staff & Faculty
Having been a graduate student myself and spending years working at several universities have made me very familiar with the challenges of working in the unique and stressful world of academia.
Relationship Issues
I believe that a lot of psychological suffering and distress can be addressed in the context of working through relationship difficulty. I have found that symptoms related to anxiety and depression can be addressed when feelings, needs, wishes, and wants in important relationships are explored. You will likely find that your communication improves when you are more aware of your feelings.
Social Anxiety
I work with clients who identify as shy, sensitive, introverted, or having low-self-esteem. These are not pathological or clinical terms, in fact, some of them are unique strengths. You may identify as having some of these traits and not others. Regardless, people who identify as having these traits have unique challenges in the world and often feel anxious and misunderstood in social situations.
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Relationship/sexual/gender diversity
I am dedicated to continuous personal and professional growth and education so that I can show up in truthful self awareness as both a community member, and therapist. I am committed to affirming and supporting folx in the poly/non-monogamous, queer, gender non-conforming, and LGBTQI+ communities and have years of experience in serving clients with these identities. I believe that relationships, sexuality, and gender diversity are natural and healthy expressions of the human experience. I am on a constant journey of self inquiry, understanding and owning my privileged identity as a white cis gendered man in the world, and in my work as a therapist.