affirming and collaborative therapysupporting 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