I’m in my late 50s, the daughter of an engineer and an economist. I’ve been a student of Buddhist psychology for 40 years. In my work, I draw on a range of contemplative and insight-oriented practices. I’m also a nerdy researcher who appreciates tangible outcomes.
I’ve been a licensed psychotherapist in New England for a dozen years. I now work with people all over the world on a wide range of personal growth projects. I converse with clients mostly by email, but I also collaborate with people by phone and video around short-term goals using the I Ching. In addition, I provide support and case consultation for other therapists and providers.
Please see my “Getting Started” section for more info on these three services I provide.
I also consult for organizations on mental health in the workplace. For twenty years before that I taught at university and led research programs for nonprofits in environmental and economic justice arenas.
I’ve worked in settings where I was the only woman, white person, English-speaking person, straight person, etc, and am comfortable embracing difference, whether that’s difference from me or difference from some mainstream norm. I have a PhD in geography from UC Berkeley and an MS in counseling psychology from the University of Massachusetts.
I’ve lived in big cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington DC and in small towns like Carbondale, Colorado and Leicester, North Carolina. I’ve worked internationally and multilingually. For the past decade I’ve lived on the Maine coast.
I helped raise a few kids (my own and others’) and have been married for 24 years. I’ve found my way through bereavement, blended family dynamics, burnout, career change, life-threatening illness, and unraveling old patterns in relationships. I’ve made big behavioral changes to support my own health. In my spare time, I read widely, grow things, walk in the woods, have rambling philosophical conversations with my beloveds, lie on the floor with our dogs, and follow my curiosity down new pathways.
Drop me an email. I’d love to talk.