LMFT, 4 years of experience
Hi there - I'm Beth! My passion is to help humans cultivate grounded, emotionally intelligent, abundant lives. I am a queer Marriage and Family Therapist who was raised in a diverse community in the Bay Area. Through years of exploring suffering and pain with clients, I have come to intimately understand the inner needs that can reveal themselves. Compassionately, I am here to be a guide through the pain and into healing and well-being.
In our first session, it's important to me that you feel seen, heard, and accepted just as you are. This session is a conversation about your concerns, needs, and goals for coming to therapy. I will be curious about relationships and events that have shaped you and thoughts and behaviors that you want to better understand or change. I honor a client-led approach and believe you know what you need to be the best version of yourself.
My goal is to create a space where you feel safe to explore areas of yourself or relationships that would otherwise feel too vulnerable. My approach is based in acceptance + authentic curiosity + compassion as the foundation of our therapeutic relationship. I lean towards techniques from internal family systems and DBT to create deep personal insight and lasting change.
I have focused my clinical work around folx who identify as LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent, transgender folx & their families, those going through life transitions, and LGBTQ+ couples or individuals considering open relationship structures. If you're struggling with understanding who you are or who you want to be, and need space to explore these ideas - I would be honored to help guide you on this path of discovery.
Using a holistic perspective helps us to understand our potential for growth and work towards fulfilling this potential through choices that align with our personal values.
I honor a client-led approach and believe you know what you need to be the best version of yourself.
Understanding our internal experience as many parts that make up a whole can allow us to acknowledge the needs of every part of us with compassion and deep understanding.
DBT provides tangible skills to take into the world after our therapy sessions to help navigate relationships & emotions within ourselves and with others with balance and acceptance.
Understanding our nervous system as our compass for balance or burnout is important to a holistic approach towards overall wellbeing.