“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful parts of us”
- David Richo -
Hi, I’m Sam - welcome to my practice.
Welcome to my practice. I work with highly sensitive people and young adults who feel deeply, think deeply, and want to feel more grounded, authentic, and at home within themselves.
My approach is gentle, holistic, and trauma-informed. I integrate psychodynamic depth therapy with somatic work, inner child work, self-compassion, and mindfulness—rooted in Buddhist psychology and years of meditation practice. I also offer EMDR, Brainspotting, and Hakomi Somatic Therapy to help process trauma held in the body, alongside talk therapy.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I work with clients in my office in Los Angeles as well as virtually in the state of California.
I’d love to connect and see if we are a fit in working together.
My approach.
I see therapy as a process of getting to know the parts of you that have been hidden and pushed aside—the parts that may feel unlovable, broken, or hard to face. Together, we’ll work to build a more compassionate and nurturing relationship with those parts, so you can respond to triggers with greater understanding and care instead of self-criticism.
Specialties: trauma & PTSD, sexual assault, highly sensitive people, young adults, life transitions, grief, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, perfectionism, relationships, dating, spirituality, creativity, sexuality, identity & shadow work, psychedelic integration.
As an integrative therapist, I draw from a variety of modalities that I have received extensive training in. Together we will co-create a therapeutic journey that best supports your goals.
Therapeutic Style: psychodynamic depth therapy, Hakomi mindful somatic therapy, Buddhist psychology (mindfulness, self-compassion), neuroscience, nervous system regulation, inner-child work & parts work (IFS-informed), attachment-based, relational, strengths-based, transpersonal psychology, Jungian dreamwork, trauma memory processing (trauma resiliency model, EMDR, brainspotting).
