Professional Consultation for Therapists in Oakland, CA

Depth-Oriented, Feminist, and Psychedelically-Informed Clinical Support

Whether you’re a newer therapist seeking guidance or a seasoned clinician looking for soulful support, I offer professional consultation that honors both your clinical growth and your inner development. My consultation style is warm, grounded, and collaborative. I bring a depth-oriented, psycho-spiritual perspective informed by psychodynamic, transpersonal, and Jungian theory, alongside a deep respect for nuance, complexity, and the sacredness of this work.

I provide consultation for licensed therapists in Oakland and throughout California, with a focus on helping you deepen your practice and feel more rooted in your therapeutic voice.

For Therapists Seeking Depth, Clarity, and Soul

You may be feeling the limits of technique or theoretical orientation and want to explore countertransference, scope of competence, or cases that bring something up in you. You may want a space to think out loud, metabolize the emotional weight of the work, and tend to your own inner process as it relates to your clinical role.

I offer ongoing consultation and case support in areas such as:

• Complex trauma and developmental trauma

• Grief, loss, chronic illness, death, and dying

• Feminist clinical perspectives and internalized oppression

• Therapy for highly sensitive people and neurodivergence

• Spirituality, spiritual emergence, and soul loss

• Midlife transitions and identity shifts

• The emotional lives of therapists—burnout, boundaries, longing

Consultation in Psychedelic Integration & Cannabis Use in Therapy

If you’re working with clients who use psychedelics or cannabis—or are asking about them—I offer specialized consultation around the clinical, ethical, and relational dimensions of these powerful substances.

Whether you’re new to psychedelic-informed therapy or have questions about harm reduction, contraindications, or emerging clinical best practices, I bring over a decade of experience in this field. My goal is to offer grounded, non-hype-driven guidance around these increasingly common (and often misunderstood) client experiences.

Topics we can explore include:

• How to support clients integrating psychedelic journeys

• Identifying when a client may not be a good candidate for psychedelic or cannabis use

• Navigating “bad trips,” re-traumatization, or spiritual disorientation

• Minimizing harm and clarifying the therapist’s ethical role

• Countertransference, scope of practice, and clinical boundaries

• Professional development for clinicians interested in psychedelic therapy or integration work

Supporting Therapists Living with Chronic Illness

Being a therapist while living with chronic illness is a quiet and often invisible tightrope. The work you love may also ask more of you than your body can give. You may wrestle with shame, guilt, or the pressure to appear “together” for your clients—even when you’re in pain, fatigued, or navigating your own medical uncertainty.

I understand this terrain personally. Chronic illness can reshape your professional identity, your energy, and your capacity in ways that are hard to name. In consultation, I offer a space where you can bring the full truth of your experience—without judgment, without needing to prove your worth.

Together, we can explore sustainable practice models, compassionate boundaries, and the deeper questions that arise when your body becomes part of the clinical container. You are not less of a therapist because you need to go slower. Your sensitivity to suffering may, in fact, be deepened by your own.

When a Client Dies: Holding the Unthinkable

Few things are more devastating than the death of a client. When that death is by suicide, the grief can be tangled with fear, self-doubt, and a relentless loop of “what ifs.” It can feel like a rupture not only in your clinical work, but in your sense of safety, identity, and trust in yourself.

Many therapists suffer in silence after a client’s death. You may feel pressure to keep working, to not “make it about you.” But this loss touches something sacred—and it deserves tending.

In our consultation, I offer a space to grieve, reflect, and metabolize the impact of this loss. Whether your client died recently or years ago, this work is not about clinical cleanup—it’s about soulful integration. We can talk through your feelings, your fears, and the ways this experience is reshaping you as a human and a healer.

The Invisible Weight of Being a Single-Earner Therapist

If you’re the sole financial provider for yourself or your family, the pressure to keep your practice full can feel relentless. There’s little room for rest, illness, or experimentation. Every decision—whether to raise fees, take time off, or refer out—carries extra weight.

You may feel isolated, ashamed, or like your needs aren’t valid in a profession that often romanticizes flexibility and self-care. But the reality is: being a single-earner therapist in a capitalist system is hard.

In consultation, we can talk through the emotional, financial, and existential weight of carrying it all. You don’t have to figure it out alone. Whether it’s practical support or deeper relational witnessing, I’ll meet you where you are—with honesty, care, and an understanding of the invisible burdens you hold.

Experience & Background

My work with psychedelics and cannabis spans more than 15 years. Highlights include:

• MAPS Adherence Rater (2017–2022): I reviewed hundreds of hours of MDMA-assisted therapy sessions and provided clinical feedback to therapists within the MDMA for PTSD studies.

• Clinical Supervision at Sage Institute (now Alchemy): Focused on psychedelic integration and trauma-informed care.

• Trained in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

• Published Protocol: My protocol for cannabis-assisted psychotherapy was published by Psychedelic Support Network.

• Cannabis & Psychotherapy Writer: I’ve written for The Psychotherapy Institute on the complexities of cannabis use in therapy.

• Academic Roots in Amerindian Psychiatry: My undergraduate thesis focused on susto (soul loss) and traditional South American soul retrieval practices using ayahuasca with a shaman.

• Graduate Training: Transpersonal and psychodynamic therapy at CIIS; recent 3 year training in Jungian-Oriented Psychotherapy at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.

I don’t currently offer cannabis-assisted psychotherapy in my practice due to legal and licensing considerations, but I have deeply studied both the clinical promise and ethical risks of these substances—and I care about helping clinicians navigate this terrain with clarity and care.

Let’s Work Together

I offer:

• Ongoing weekly or biweekly consultation for licensed therapists

• One-time or short-term consultation for specific clinical questions

• Case consultation and professional development for therapists exploring psychedelic therapy, integration, or harm reduction; therapists living with chronic illness; therapists grieving clients; & single earner therapists

This work is intimate, alive, and deeply relational.

My consultation fee is $200 per 50-minute session.

If you’re interested in working together, please reach out.

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