Psychoanalysis is a talking cure that addresses the causes of unhappiness. It is an invitation to speak honestly about your life and what is on your mind, including thoughts and feelings that you may not be able to speak about elsewhere. It involves exploring the material you bring in while taking the unconscious into account. This entails discussing patterns of behaviors, ideas, families, fantasies, dreams, mistakes, relationships, and repetitions. You can gain an understanding of what brought you to where you are in order to build unique solutions. Symptoms, emotional pain, and the patterns that keep you stuck can fall away over time. Psychoanalysis creates a space where you can develop a new knowledge of who you are and what you want. This practice offers a way forward that is more alive.

Psychoanalysis is an open-ended treatment that does not rely on standardized advice. You go for as long as it seems necessary for you to go. My practice includes people of diverse experiences, histories, and ways of life.

I hold sessions in person at my office in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland, online via video, and over the phone.

I offer professional consultation to practitioners interested in the Freudian and Lacanian orientation towards clinical work.

Please get in touch with me to discuss my fees, which can vary depending on the frequency of our sessions and financial need. I do not accept insurance for payment, but you may be able to use out-of-network benefits to help cover the cost.