About Me

Some twenty-five years of consciously working on my own personal growth have given me a profound respect for the struggles we all face as humans. After years of intensive meditation, yoga practice and working towards being ordained as a Buddhist monk, I realized the importance of psychological healing. I found psychotherapy to have the power to help us find true intimacy with both others and ourselves.

I use an engaged relational psychoanalytic framework that incorporates mindfulness based, cognitive-behavioral techniques. For the last few years, I have been studying with Dr. Thomas Ogden, while Dr. Donald Winnicott and Dr. Antonino Ferro have been the most influential practitioners in my own understanding of the human psyche and how change occurs. I am additionally influenced by Hakomi's somatic and mindfulness approaches, and Emotionally Focussed Couples Therapy (EFT). I also draw on my years of leading interpersonal process groups and directing the Outdoor Adventures program at UCLA.