Family Therapy in San Luis Obispo

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My work is practical, supportive, and grounded in Gottman Institute research on what makes relationships healthy. I create a safe, balanced space where each person feels heard and understood while we address the patterns keeping you stuck and build stronger trust, better communication, and deeper connection.

I work with family members who are 15 and older. This includes parents and teens, adult children and parents, and adult siblings. We'll start with individual sessions so I can hear each person's perspective, and then meet together going forward. All participants need to be willing to engage in the process.

Yes. Before we meet together, each person schedules their own individual session directly through my online calendar. This gives everyone a chance to share their perspective openly before we begin the joint work.

Check out my current availability here. Be sure to select the correct time zone. I offer sessions from 10 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday, and 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturdays.

Yes. Online sessions are conducted through secure, HIPAA-compliant video and are available throughout California.

• Individual Therapy: $175 per 50-minute session
• Family Therapy: $190 per 50-minute session

Many clients use HSA or FSA funds to pay for sessions. I do not accept insurance.

Yes! I offer a 10-minute intro call for $15.

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Yes. I am a licensed counselor in:

• California (LPCC 15735) 
• Washington (LH 61204759)
• Florida (TPMC 2537)
• South Carolina (TLC 588 PC)
   

Therapy can help, and the most effective place to start is with yourself. Parents who successfully repair estranged relationships almost always go through a significant process of self-examination first, looking honestly at their adult child's experience, taking responsibility for harm (even unintended harm), and making real changes in how they communicate and relate. That process is hard, and it takes time. If you are willing to do that work, therapy gives you a structured, supported space to do it.

Expect to hear uncomfortable things. Repairing estrangement almost always requires parents to sit with their adult child's perspective, including hurt, anger, and grievances, without defending, minimizing, or explaining it away. That does not mean you were a terrible parent or that everything is your fault. It means your child needs to feel genuinely heard before trust can be rebuilt. Therapy will help you develop the capacity to do that, but you have to be willing to go there.

Disagreeing about what happened is normal. Estrangement rarely comes from one clear-cut incident, and both people usually have a different lived experience of the same relationship. What matters more than agreeing on the facts is your willingness to understand why your child felt the way they did and to take that seriously, regardless of your own interpretation. Parents who hold tightly to being right tend to stay estranged. Parents who prioritize the relationship over the argument tend to make progress.