Therapy in Pasadena, CA

A Pasadena Practice Rooted in Community

My office is in the heart of Pasadena — Suite 160 at 200 E. Del Mar Blvd, in a building my clients have come to know as the Treehouse. It's a calm, unhurried space, tucked away from the noise of the street, surrounded by greenery. People often tell me they feel the shift in their nervous system the moment they walk in. That's intentional. Healing needs a container, and the environment matters.

I've been practicing in Pasadena because I believe deeply in community-rooted mental health care. The San Gabriel Valley is home to an extraordinarily diverse population — artists, musicians, educators, first-generation families, LGBTQ+ individuals, and everyone in between. The mental health needs here are real, varied, and often underserved. I built my practice around meeting those needs with care that is affirming, evidence-based, and genuinely human.

The Southern California Therapy Collective

I'm the founder of the Southern California Therapy Collective (SCTC) — a group of like-minded therapists committed to providing affirming, trauma-informed mental health care across the LA region. We're not a corporate practice. We're clinicians who found each other because we share the same values: that therapy should be accessible, inclusive, and genuinely effective.

The collective was born out of a gap I kept seeing — clients struggling to find therapists who truly understood their lives. Queer clients who'd been pathologized. Creatives whose therapists had never set foot in a recording studio. People from religious backgrounds that most clinicians didn't know how to hold. The SCTC exists to change that, one therapist and one client at a time.

Being part of the collective means my clients benefit from a broader network of clinical consultation, peer support, and specialized expertise. When I'm working with a complex case, I'm not working alone — I'm part of a community of therapists who take this work seriously.

Who I Work With in Pasadena

My practice serves adults and couples across a wide range of experiences. Many of my clients are navigating trauma — sometimes from a single event, more often from years of complex, relational, or systemic harm. Some come in because anxiety has taken over. Others are processing grief, navigating identity, or rebuilding after the end of a relationship or a faith community.

A significant portion of my practice is devoted to LGBTQ+ clients — people exploring gender identity, coming out, navigating family rejection, or simply wanting a therapist who gets it without needing a tutorial. As a queer therapist with specialized training in LGBT Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles, I bring both lived understanding and clinical depth to this work.

I also work extensively with creative professionals — musicians, artists, writers, and filmmakers. Before I became a therapist, I worked in the music industry, including several years at MusiCares, the charitable arm of the Recording Academy. I understand the particular pressures of creative life in a way that most therapists simply don't.

In Person or Online — You Choose

My Pasadena office is available for in-person sessions Monday through Thursday. If you prefer to work from home, or if you live outside the immediate area, I offer telehealth sessions throughout California on the same secure, HIPAA-compliant platform. Many clients mix it up — coming in when they can and switching to telehealth when life gets complicated. I'm flexible, because life is.

Serving Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley

In addition to Pasadena, I work with clients from throughout the surrounding area:

• Altadena — just north of Pasadena, a close-knit community with a strong creative and activist culture
• Arcadia — a diverse community in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley
• San Marino — neighboring Pasadena to the south
• Glendale — a vibrant, multicultural city west of Pasadena
• La Cañada Flintridge — a quiet foothill community just to the west
• Monrovia — a warm, walkable community further east in the valley
• Throughout California — via secure telehealth for anyone who prefers to work remotely

Specialties

• EMDR Therapy — for trauma, PTSD, and deeply held negative beliefs
• LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy — identity, coming out, gender, life transitions
• Couples & Relationship Therapy — all relationship structures welcome
• Sex Therapy — sex-positive, kink-affirming, AASECT member
• Anxiety & Perfectionism — burnout, people-pleasing, overthinking
• Therapy for Creatives — musicians, artists, writers, and the industry around them
• Religious Trauma — leaving high-control communities, identity reconstruction

Ready to Get Started?

If you're in Pasadena or the surrounding area — or anywhere in California via telehealth — I'd love to hear from you. Send me a message below or request a free 15-minute consultation. I respond to all inquiries within 24 hours.