Hello!

I was born and raised in San Diego, and now I’m raising my own two kiddos here. In my free time, my family and I like to adventure in the mountains, go surfing, or just hang at home with our pets.

I graduated with my Bachelor’s Degree from California State University San Marcos in 2009, smack dab into the middle of the Great Recession. I worked in nearly every facet of social work for the next several years, putting off going to grad school as long as I could.

In 2018, I graduated from USC with my MSW. For my internship, I was placed at a therapeutic k-12 school for kids with severe mental and behavioral health challenges. I was the first intern to ever be offered employment as a pre-licensed clinician, and continued working at the elementary school for two more years while I worked towards my LCSW. During this time, I worked closely with children and families as they faced a myriad of issues, including Autism Spectrum, ADHD, Oppositional Defiance, and trauma. My clients varied greatly in severity of behaviors and level of functioning, and I was amazed to see how beneficial play therapy techniques were to every single one of my clients. I began pursuing certification as a Registered Play Therapist (RPT) and, after five years of education and supervision, earned my RPT certification in August of 2023.

When the pandemic hit in 2020, I left my job at the school to assist my own children with distance learning during the day, and opened this private practice for after-school hours. I’ve been lucky to be able to grow my practice to full-time since then!

Credentials and Memberships:

• LCSW #99246, CA Board of Behavioral Sciences

• RPT: T6204, Association of Play Therapy

• Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator

• Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance; Next Generation Yoga-certified children’s yoga instructor