I am a licensed psychologist in California (PSY26409) invested in supporting people to lead more vital, harmonious, creative, healed, and empowered lives. I provide routine, outpatient psychological services. Depending on the needs of the client, I provide both short-term counseling and long-term psychotherapy. Additionally, I offer training and clinical supervision for mental health providers.

I have a primary office located in the Pocket-Greenhaven area of Sacramento, California. My other office is located a few blocks from the University of California, Davis campus. I am currently meeting with clients in California using HIPAA-compliant teleconferencing technology and also providing in-person sessions.

I completed an American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited psychology doctoral internship at the University of California, Davis Student Health, and Counseling Services where I specialized in providing Multicultural Services. I completed post-doctoral residency hours as a Clinical Counselor at California Polytechnic State University, Counseling Services, and as a Community Counselor at the Cross-Cultural Center at UC-Davis.

I have been trained in a variety of clinical settings including university counseling centers in Oregon and California, a community college counseling center, a non-profit community agency that specialized in trauma healing and recovery, and a child and family center.  

My initial clinical training emphasized multicultural and social justice-oriented counseling, mindfulness and contemplative approaches to psychotherapy, and trauma healing and recovery. I am a lifelong learner and have been re-trained in African/Black psychology and restorative practices.

I have training and experience addressing various mental health concerns experienced by teens (ages 13-17) and adults. I have extensive experience working with college and graduate students and working with same-gender-loving, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, questioning, and queer-identified persons, as well as gender diverse folks (e.g., bois, genderqueer, non-binary, masculine of center, femme, transgender, trans feminine, and trans masculine individuals). I am currently pursuing a transgender healthcare training certification with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s Global Education Initiative. I enjoy working with people from diverse backgrounds as I celebrate, honor, and respect intersectional diversity. I also believe that all folks deserve respect and compassionate care, especially those often pushed to the social margins. My ethic of care embraces all people and serves as a foundation for all my work. Nobody is marginal, and nobody is superior. The contemporary systems of social oppression and legacies of violence created and reinforced these faulty notions of social hierarchy. As a care provider, I support the people I work with in returning to the experience of intrinsic self-worth to heal the wounds of social and cultural oppression.

Problem narratives that may be addressed include but are not limited to:

• Alcohol and substance use concerns

• Anxiety

• Career and vocational challenges & opportunities

• College and graduate student stress

• Coming out or “inviting in” processes - Discussing gender and attractional orientation

• Depression

• Everyday parenting and family management skills

• Gender minority stressors

• Gender transition or moving toward gender-affirming directions

• Gender incongruence concerns

• Identity concerns and questions

• Life stress and life transition

• Race-based stress and trauma

• Relationship problems and marital stress

• Sexual and interpersonal trauma

• The psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual impact of experiences of colonization and oppression-based trauma (e.g., racism, homo-antagonism, cis-sexism, trans-antagonism and negativity, transmisogyny)

In addition to my background in providing psychotherapeutic services, I completed 200+ hours of yoga teacher training in Raja Yoga at Niroga Institute in Berkeley, California. I have been trained to teach individuals how to cultivate attention, presence, and awareness in life and the foundations of the 8-limbs of yoga. This includes yoga postures, breathwork, and the implementation of ethical life practices. My contemplative practices influence all facets of my life and work, including how I approach compassionate healing.  

PERSONAL

I am from golden fields of wheat, rural humid breezes, Manning’s hoops, and a Civil Rights hub of promise. I come from a legacy of Black resilience and humor - playing “21” until the sun’s goodbyes decided rest was needed. I finished the journey to California that began before my birth. Ancestors moving through and between Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, and Missouri - with a rich African rootedness that is not forgotten. I inched my way to California by way of hope, a measure of transformation - with intentions to thrive. My home is where complexity can breathe, where all of the feels can move freely with spaciousness, and where my ancestors continually whisper their secrets. I am an active member of Beta Gamma Chi Fraternity, Inc.