a Licensed Psychologist in Carlsbad

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Our emotions can often feel out of control, and it can be hard to understand where they are coming from or even why certain emotions are coming up. Each person has their own unique experiences and for some of us identifying, verbalizing and processing our feelings can be challenging. It can often feel easier to just push those emotions away, until it isn’t. Sometimes it takes a safe, caring, and compassionate therapy relationship to bring to mind what has felt intolerable, unloveable, or too much to address by yourself.

We are all shaped by our relationships since birth and some of our earliest relationships continue to impact us. Together, we can explore the emotional and relational residue that are rupturing into the present, the unwanted parts.

My clinical experience has shaped how I view everyone, and nurtured my awe for the complexity of human experience. In my training at community mental health settings and university counseling centers, I’ve grown passionate about providing quality care to underserved populations such as victims of crime and immigrant communities. This desire to care for people extends into working with sexual minorities, specifically individuals who are experiencing an internal conflict between their sexual identity and religious beliefs. Throughout all of these experiences, my multicultural perspective deepened as I learned about the unique lives and the sociocultural context of each person I saw. Each of these experiences fostered a sensibility that, whomever I am sitting with, there is always more than is seen on the surface and an understanding that all suffering has meaning.

I would be honored for you to trust me to be a part of your journey. If this sounds like I would be a good fit for what you are looking for, I invite you to schedule a consultation with me to further assess if we are a good match.

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Personality Disorders are my thing.

Struggling with having a personality disorder is not a bad thing. The term can be stigmatizing, and this label can feel like you are being told something is wrong with who you are. Every personality is formed in relationships and every relationship is malleable throughout the lifespan. Having a personality disorder can impact the way you view the world, form relationships, cope with life stressors, and deal with emotions and that is okay.

I help people with personality disorders understand their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, which helps them feel more agency, peace, and connected in their relationships.