affirming and collaborative therapy

supporting you to better support yourself

Welcome - I’m glad you’re here!

I’m Louisa. A psychodynamic therapist living in the San Francisco Bay area. I provide individual psychotherapy for adults and teens to help you better understand your full self, honest emotions, and what you need to thrive.

Overwhelm

learning to regulate

feeling weighed down by life’s demands

ongoing experiences of anxiety

feeling scattered, fatigued, and disconnected

Clients work with me for:

Complex trauma

individual and intergenerational

shifting intergenerational patterns

processing grief and loss

feeling stuck in behaviors and ways of thinking

suffering from relational trauma or racial injury

Identity work

growth and acceptance

coming to accept yourself

figuring out how you want others to understand you

embracing change

Gender and sexuality

gender affirming care

Exploring your gender expression

feeling confusion and curiosity

seeking gender confirming and affirming treatment

Relationship issues

attachment-based care

trouble setting boundaries

wanting to better understand & express needs

struggling with people pleasing

seeking relational healing and deeper connections

Inner critic

gaining self compassion

negative self image

depression and lack of motivation

struggles with shame

improving self-esteem and self-worth