Welcome to INWARD: A Psychotherapy Practice in Orange County, California. When learning coping skills doesn’t seem to be enough, it is time to look inward. Love, joy, and belonging start within us. Pain and disconnection often come from learning through adverse experiences to hide, deny, and reject who we are. By exploring the depths of your unconscious, you can reconnect with and learn to love your authentic self which can lead to more inner peace and healthier relationships. I invite you on a journey inward so that you can return home to yourself.
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About Me
A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Newport Beach, CA committed to radical self-love and ongoing growth who is passionate about guiding others to healing, self-compassion, and meaningful connection through depth therapy. I provide culturally sensitive in-person therapy for adults, teens, and families in Orange County and telehealth therapy throughout California.
Therapy Services
Parent-Adult Child Therapy
Expectations in family relationships are changing. So are communication styles and techniques. It is hard to keep up with the new language and new norms. As families develop over generations, what worked for previous generations may no longer work for new generations. I work with parents and families to foster healthier relationships between parents and their adult or teen children by helping family members identify their feelings, communicate more vulnerably, practice active, reflective listening, and learn how to validate and apologize. This work can help families heal ruptures, close the distance, and connect more deeply.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Relationships are hard! Especially when we did not have healthy relationships modeled for us when we were children. I provide compassionate individual therapy for clients in Orange County and throughout California who are struggling in relationships due to insecure attachment styles: avoidant attachment, anxious attachment, and disorganized/fearful-avoidant attachment. I work with clients to understand how their attachment style developed, create a more secure attachment to self, self-soothe anxiety in relationships, and increase vulnerable communication. I often use elements of inner child work, emotion focused therapy, and parts-language in my work.
OC Depth Psychotherapy
You came into this world already exactly who you need to be. But painful experiences can create anxiety, shame, and self-doubt that can suppress our true selves. I work with clients to help them become more authentic versions of themselves rather than “better” versions. I use talk therapy, fairy tale exploration, art, collage, imagery, and dreamwork to help clients explore the thoughts, emotions, and desires that they have learned to hide from others and themselves. Through this process, clients often develop more self-love, a stronger identity, more authentic relationship, and a greater ability to cope with life.
If you’re ready to begin your healing journey with a licensed therapist in Orange County, contact me for a free 15 minute consultation.
“What you resist, persists.”
— Carl Jung
It is time to look inward.