I am a mental health counselor seeing clients in-person in Santa Rosa and via telehealth throughout California. I also offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, working with clients to resolve anxiety and depression, to develop deeper insight, or to explore spiritual experiences. 

I am dedicated to a helping vocation, and enjoy counseling and teaching one-on-one, couples, and groups. When I am not studying or counseling clients, I enjoy kitchen projects with my partner, playing with my bonded-pair cats, drinking fine tea & coffee, and distilling hydrosols and essential oils from home-grown aromatic herbs. I live in Santa Rosa, California.

I’ve been studying and engaging in spiritual practice and mentoring for over 15 years. My formal education began with Daoist meditation and healing arts at Heartwood Institute, where I studied clinical Chinese medicine, nutrition and herbs, and multiple bodywork modalities, as well as meditation and martial arts. While practicing as a natural health coach and qigong instructor, my studies continued with formal yoga and Buddhist training under the personal guidance of experienced mentors, as well as Ayurveda and advanced aromatherapy certifications. I have participated in multiple spiritual “families,” lived in residential spiritual communities, and practiced several retreats, including a solitary 30-day retreat in my hand-built cabin on my family’s farm in rural northern California.

I completed a postgraduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Saybrook University in 2023. Prior to that I completed a Master of Arts in Buddhist Classics with an emphasis in Sanskrit translation at Dharma Realm Buddhist University in 2019 while living in a monastic community. I then taught two years of ethics and world religions at Developing Virtue Secondary School at City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California — the largest Buddhist monastery in the western hemisphere. I have taught Buddhist philosophy and practice at Diamond Light Tibetan Buddhist Group and Sky Creek Dharma Center. I have presented at several conferences, including the Global Ayurveda Conference, Buddhism and East Asia Conference, This Way to Sustainability Conference, and Enlightened Experience Retreat.

I bring a diverse array of experience in healing arts and spiritual wisdom to guide my therapeutic insights and compassionate non-judgmental reflections. To get in touch you can send me an email.

For a fairly complete history of my education and experience, see my LinkedIn profile.