About

I am a psychiatrist based in Santa Cruz, California, and work with patients in person and via Telehealth throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. I am board certified in adult, and child and adolescent psychiatry. I completed my residency and fellowship at Stanford University where I was also chief resident. I have been practicing for over a decade and have worked in both community and university-based settings, including at the University of California, Santa Cruz and as the medical director at The Lotus Collaborative Care for eating disorders.

The way I practice has been influenced by psychoanalytic and developmental thinking, as well as somatic and contemplative traditions. These perspectives inform how I listen, how I think about suffering, and how I approach the process of change.

My work has been shaped by a longstanding interest in how patterns of mind and relationships take form over time, particularly with regards to the impact of attachment, developmental trauma and early life relationships. I am drawn to approaches that attend not only to symptoms, but to the underlying processes that shape our consciousness — developmental, relational, spiritual and experiential. I believe that the interventions that are the most effective are those restore our inherent capacity for growth.

May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those on the path
May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are suffering

Śāntideva