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Hi, I'm Jill.

I'm a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in San Francisco. I meet with clients online, so if you are located anywhere in California, we can work together.

I can help you with the hard stuff.

I deeply believe that you are the expert on your own life, even if you’re in a place right now where you may have forgotten this. I'm direct and compassionate. I don't simply smile and nod, I engage in robust exploration. I lead with curiosity. You'll hear me say more than once "let's get under the hood on this..." I provide new ways of looking at old stuff. I use our relationship, the one we build together in a trusting way, as a tool for change and to help you reconnect to yourself. 

Working from an integrative perspective, I combine elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Therapies. As a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator I also use curriculum developed by Dr. Brené Brown to help you explore courage, worthiness, vulnerability and shame in order to live a more whole-hearted life.

 

Experience

First Responder Support Network / West Coast Post-Trauma Retreat — EMDR clinician

SPCA Pet Loss Support Group — Co-leader

Adolescent Day Treatment Center at St. Mary's Hospital — Adolescent & family therapist

McAuley Institute at St. Mary's Hospital, Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit — Milieu therapist

UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry, “Practicing Alternative Techniques To Heal Depression” research study — Exercise specialist

Education

University of San Francisco, M.A., Counseling Psychology, Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy

Stanford University, B.A., Drama

Professional Memberships

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy

​Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy

Association for Contextual Behavioral Science 

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