Frequently Asked Questions

I don’t consider myself a caregiver, can I still meet with you?

I define caregivers in this way, “a caregiver is a person who provides intentional service to and for other humans - mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually, financially, or practically - in a way that is full of heart, passion and commitment.”
If that sounds like you and you’re interested to work together, contact me and let’s have a conversation see if I’m a good match for what you’re looking for.

Why caregivers?

I come from a long-line of caregivers and being that I loved people, I became a caregiver myself when I set out to get licensed as a clinical social worker. Years later, I had reached “the top of my career” and was giving it my all working with some of the highest risk & under-resourced populations in Los Angeles. I loved them, my team and was passionate about my work. I would receive recognition and positive feedback from peers and higher ups constantly. It was also at this time, I was the heaviest I’d ever been, often working 50+ hour weeks, commuting 3 hours a day only to do more working from home. I was feeling increasingly disconnected from my friends, family and my spouse.

I was in my “dream job” why couldn’t I just… keep going? “It’s all part of it” & “This is how it goes” - I would tell myself. It took an event that was a threat to my life to take place from that job for me to have the tiniest bit of insight that, whatever my problem was: I was burned out, in incredibly poor physical & mental health.

I set out to heal and reflect on my experiences - when I began to notice that caregivers often will continue giving long past their boundary point and then some. Then we will give some more, justifying that “we can, so we do” - leaving us feel neglected, beyond exhausted, and maybe even a bit resentful. Even still we continue to care, because the alternative we learned was to “not-to-care” and that’s something we just cannot bring ourselves to do. I’ve been working ever since to find a way to live inside these systemic expectations (both implied and internal) to find that I didn’t know how to listen to myself, despite all the years, training and “success” in learning to listen to others.

I set out to learn how to really listen to myself, be present and live my life with intention. It’s growing to be common sense that difficult feelings and experiences are part of what it means to live a full life & that we are not meant to rid ourselves of them. We are meant to learn how to move with, not only live with we must thrive with them. Taking care of ourselves and learning how to remind ourselves that “just because we can, doesn’t mean we should” becomes an act of self-preservation and, should we choose to, sustainability of that care.

If this sounds like you or someone you know, I get it and I want to help you to receive that care you so generously give to others. I hope to hear from you.

Do you accept insurance?

I am a cash-pay therapist and, as of early 2025 with Headway’s help - I now also accept a number of clients with the following insurances: Anthem, Aetna, and Blue Shield.