Education, certifications, and advanced training

Education

Antioch University Los Angeles

  • MA in Clinical Psychology (2025)

    • Specialization: Sex Therapy

Colorado College

  • BA in Comparative Literature (2007)

Clinical Experience

Traineeship — The Maple Counseling Center (2024–2025)
Somatic Sex & Relationship Coach — Private Practice (2021–Present)

Certifications & Advanced Trainings

Attachment & Sex Therapy Training

  • Certified Somatic Sexologist & Relationship Coach — Somatica Institute

  • Conscious Girlfriend Certified Coach — 6-month LGBTQIA+ Relationship-Focused Program with Ruth Schwartz, Ph.D

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples Externship — with Silvina Irwin, Ph.D.

  • Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO / IFS for Couples) — 6-month training with Toni Herbine-Blank, Ph.D.

Trauma & Somatic Modalities

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Level One Immersion— with Diana Fosha, Ph.D.

  • AEDP Essential Skills Level Two training (in progress)— 9-month program led by AEDP Institute Faculty

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) — 75+ training hours via the IFS Institute

  • EMDR & Expressive Arts Therapy — The Mindful Journey Center

  • Ample + Rooted Eating Disorder Treatment Training — 6-monthfat-positive, sex-positive, Health at Every Size®, Body Trust®, LGBTQ+ affirming, anti-oppressive, and anti-racist eating disorder treatment training program with Neathery Falchuk, LCSW

  • Somatic Experiencing for Chronic Pain — with Peter Levine, Ph.D.

  • Compassionate Inquiry — with Dr. Gabor Maté

  • Trauma-Focused CBT training

  • Mindful Self-Compassion training— with Kristin Neff, Ph.D. & Chris Germer, Ph.D.

Systems, Justice & Community Care

  • Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care & Restorative Justice — San Diego State University

  • Embodied Activism training — with Rae Johnson, Ph.D. and Nkem Ndefo

  • Ancestral Medicine trainings — with Daniel Foer, Ph.D.