Individual and couples therapy
based in the Bay Area, serving clients remotely across California
specializing in
Women’s Health (Postpartum Depression & Anxiety, Pre-menstrual Dysphoric Disorder, First-time Mothers)
Perfectionism & Achievement Stress
Premarital & Couples Therapy
Relationship Anxiety
Welcome
So you're looking for a therapist. Of all the relationships in your life, this one may become the place where you're most fully seen—and here you are, sifting through online bios, trying to decide whether you could trust someone you've never met.
Hi, I'm Stacy, and I love this strange, meaningful work we call therapy. People often seek therapy because they are carrying something difficult: anxiety, sadness, a sense of being stuck or overwhelmed, or old wounds that still ache. Relief from that matters, and it's often where we start. But therapy can also be more than getting through a hard season. It’s a space to slow down, sit with the questions that matter, and grow towards the most rested, most fulfilled version of you.
However you arrive—messy, uncertain, hurting, or simply curious—my first task is to meet you there. I invite you to explore my approach and see whether it feels like a fit. If so, I'd love to connect for a free 15-minute consultation.
Who I Work With
Burned-out moms and first-time parents—exhausted and whiplashed by a roller coaster of love, rage, guilt, and anxiety that never seems to let up. You're not "crazy." You're drowning, and your nervous system needs support, not another list of things to do better. Together, we'll find what actually settles your body when the panic rises.
Women with cycle-related mood changes (PMS, PMDD)—steady and capable one week, unrecognizable to yourself and your loved ones the next, and confused by how fast the floor drops out. What you're going through is real, and it may be physiological. You deserve someone who takes the pattern seriously. We'll map your cycle so you can see the hard days coming instead of being ambushed by them, and bring the people around you in so you're not white-knuckling it alone.
Newly engaged couples who want to build the foundation now—communication, intimacy, and the ability to repair—instead of waiting until something cracks. Doing this early costs far less, in money and in heartache, than doing it after years of resentment. We'll have the conversations most couples postpone, and practice the repair itself in the room.
Couples stuck in the same fight—you both know how it goes before it starts: the same escalation, the same shutdown, the same distance afterward. Together, we’ll explore the patterns beneath the fights and get to the root of your triggers, while also equipping you with effective tools for conflict resolution, communication, and increasing intimacy.
High achievers doing it all and feeling the cost: running on empty, disconnected from what used to drive you, and quietly wondering who you are when you're not producing. Together, we'll slow things down enough for you to hear what you actually want underneath what's expected of you, and start loosening the knot between your worth and your output.
Perfectionists and overthinkers whose minds never clock out—replaying conversations, bracing for judgment, holding yourself to a standard you'd never impose on anyone else. You'll find ways to loosen the vigilance, so that you move through your days with less bracing and more ease, and can extend yourself the same generosity you've always handed everyone else.
Cross-cultural individuals carrying quiet expectations, guilt, and the weight of real sacrifices made on your behalf. Maybe you've learned to code-switch so well you're not sure which one is the real you. Together, we'll make space to figure out how you want to relate to yourself, your cultures, and the people you love.
How I Work
Relief first.
There are two broad kinds of therapy: tool-focused approaches that help you cope, and depth-oriented work that helps you change. I tend to focus on the latter, but draw from the first for clients who arrive in need of stabilization.
Then the root.
But lasting change rarely comes from tools alone. Once things feel steadier, we go beneath the surface—to the patterns, early experiences, and ways of relating that shaped you long before you had words for them. At this level, old patterns can loosen their grip, freeing you to live with intention and choice.
At your pace.
Some clients come ready to dive into deep work. Some are just feeling it out. I'll meet you either way. Our early sessions are about getting to know you and about building the kind of trust that makes the harder work possible.
If something here sounded like you, I welcome you to reach out for a free 15-minute call to see if we’re a fit.