About Whitney

I’m a San Francisco therapist specializing in anxiety relief, healthy self-esteem, and secure relationships

Finding a therapist who understands how anxiety and self-doubt affects the body, mind, and relationships is crucial if you want real change.

I’d love to help

My name is Whitney (she/her) and I help individual adults in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area transform their relationship with anxiety, let go of self-limiting beliefs, access their inner-knowing, and build satisfying relationships.

Psychotherapy to process emotions and to help you feel unstuck

I became a therapist because I was drawn to the deep healing that can come from moving emotions and thoughts from the implicit to the explicit through art and conversations. I believe healing is possible by accessing your emotions and the wisdom of your body. When I’m not moving others through their emotions, you’ll find me backpacking, gardening, dancing, and gushing over my cat and dog.

My clients have expressed that they experience me as warm, relatable, and nonjudgmental. When we get vulnerable and real about how we are feeling and express that to “safe” people in our lives, it creates strong bonds and facilitates healing from emotional wounding. Our race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, body size, and abilities are central to our experiences and how we move through the world. I strive to create a space where you feel all parts of you are welcome.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy for healthy relationships

I specialize in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), a therapy approach that is informed by neuroscience and attachment theory. As an emotionally-focused therapist, I help clients access the core fears and emotions that are underlying their unhelpful but also understandable coping strategies. These strategies can include overly criticizing others, being constantly on guard to protect ourselves from getting hurt, withdrawing from others, or numbing ourselves from our feelings by focusing on tasks that we feel we have control over. These well-intentioned strategies may have helped us get by, or even survive, but eventually we realize they are getting in the way of having satisfying relationships with others and ourselves. 

Internal Family Systems for anxiety and self-doubt

I am an Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed therapist who helps you transform your relationship with anxiety. You’ll learn how to lean in, understand its function, so you can get to a place where you can respond and make choices rather than having the anxiety take over.

Additional therapy modalities I draw upon to tailor a therapy plan to fit your specific needs:

Let’s transform your relationship with anxiety and establish an inner sense of security in yourself and in your relationships. Book an initial consultation by clicking below.