Welcome. Something in you is insisting, asking to be heard. You might experience this insistence as anxiety, depression, or patterns that repeat in your relationships with others. Psychoanalysis offers a unique way of working with speech, loosening painful knots to open the possibility for something new. In our work together, I will ask you to speak freely about what’s on your mind. I will listen to you carefully and without judgment. We will explore your dreams, your fantasies, your memories, and the repetitions that characterize your suffering and make it difficult to pursue what you want—or perhaps even to know what that could be.

Over time, your speech may guide us into listening for the textures of your suffering, opening the door to more surprise, more humor, and more pleasure. My role will be to accompany your own creative process of engendering more freedom in your life.

Many people have had the experience of reaching out to speak, only to encounter more attempts to “cure” what is most singular in them. Far from trying to cure you, our work will aim to listen for what you desire, in your own way. I welcome every form of difference.

How? We will begin with an initial call. If we decide to work together, we may meet once a week, or more. We will also discuss a fee to work with. I hold sessions in my office in Oakland, and by phone or video platform.