I'm a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Perinatal Mental Health Certification, based in San Jose, CA, serving clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Palo Alto, and surrounding communities.

Becoming a mom at 39 wasn't part of my plan. Like you, my path to motherhood came with unexpected turns - infertility treatments, a high-risk pregnancy, and then watching my tiny baby in the NICU as the world shut down for the pandemic.

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Between managing my parents' concerns from afar and navigating my own new motherhood, that picture-perfect vision I'd imagined crumbled into something more real and raw.​Here's the truth - even as a therapist who helped others through life transitions, I struggled to ask for help. When I finally connected with a maternal mental health specialist, everything shifted. She understood the complexity of holding multiple roles - professional, daughter, and new mother.

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For the first time, I saw how becoming a mother wasn't about adding another role to juggle - it was about embracing a whole new way of being. ​Now, I work with Bay Area women like you - accomplished professionals who are learning to mother while also caring for the generation before us.

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Whether you're coordinating care plans between pediatrician and geriatrician visits, or processing a birth story that didn't go as planned, you'll find someone who understands the weight of holding it all. I bring more than clinical expertise to our sessions - I bring the lived understanding of this complex journey. Together, we'll find your way through this season, creating space for both strength and vulnerability.