From Mastery of Performance to Mastery of Self
Celebrating wins that begin from the inside out.
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and trauma-informed therapist, I specialize in working with elite performers — including professional athletes, executives, and tech leaders — who are navigating the emotional costs of high-stakes lives. My work centers on supporting clients mastering joy, where presence meets power, emotional precision, mastering the inner game, and build victory from the inside out. This is the deeper win — the one that begins within, long before winning shows up on the scoreboard, in the boardroom, or on the IPO line. My clients do more than talk about feelings— they evolve. My clients don’t just talk about emotions — they embody them with precision, clarity, and grace. We build emotional fluency, joyful discipline, and the kind of grounded confidence that expands performance, deepens relationships, and transforms leadership from the inside out. Because the most powerful person in the room or on the field is the person who’s mastered their own nervous system.
I carry a legacy of strength and service. My grandfather served on the USS Medusa during Pearl Harbor, a repair ship that played a vital role in restoring the U.S. Pacific Fleet in the aftermath. My family legacy includes Masons, military, firefighters, EMTs, first responders. That heritage taught me how to hold presence in crisis, respond with steadiness under pressure, and work with people who carry heavy internal burdens behind polished exteriors.
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I’ve moved between worlds — from private jets and international diplomacy to gang intervention, foster care, and cooking for 3,000-person community events. I’ve been mentored by Special Forces, and I’ve stood beside those healing from generational trauma. I’ve also been mentored by visionary tech and entertainment leaders — including Jerry Nelson, founder of Ticketmaster and ACE Parking — individuals who built businesses worth billions and modeled the scale, strategy, and emotional precision I now bring to my work. My life has spanned both luxury and pain, performance and purpose.
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My clinical training is matched by an unconventional life path. By age 20, I purchased my first home on my own, I had been recruited by the Department of Homeland Security, hosted the Syrian and Iraqi Ambassadors, worked for the United Nations in human rights and democracy-building, and at 21 completed my first master's degree. I’ve studied at Oxford’s New College, received the Ronald Reagan Presidential Fellowship, and built relationships across global diplomacy, community service, and elite private circles.
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Therapy with me isn’t about overanalyzing your past. Therapy is about reclaiming presence, mastering your emotional reflexes, and learning how to win within before you perform without. I offer virtual therapy to clients across California and in-person sessions in North San Diego. For those seeking more private, flexible, and high-level care, I also offer concierge-level services for individuals and couples. My approach is grounded in nervous system science, attachment repair, and deep emotional fluency — built for those who are ready to stop performing their lives and start living them.
A Little About Me
My work as a therapist is grounded in both lived experience and academic depth. I began my journey at San Diego State University, where I studied Politics, Arabic, and Islamic Studies. I later continued my education at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, specializing in Near and Middle Eastern Studies — drawn by a desire to understand people, power, and human complexity on a global scale.
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When I returned home to San Diego, I shifted focus from systems to souls. I earned my graduate degree in Social Work, specializing in evidence-based practice, leadership, and human services management. Over time, I developed a clinical approach that integrates neuroscience, attachment theory, and somatic trauma healing — always rooted in compassion and cultural intelligence.
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My background as a lifelong martial artist and yogi is not separate from my work as a therapist — martial arts is the foundation. For over two decades, disciplines like Aiki Jujitsu, Kung Fu, and yogic practice have trained my body to listen, my breath to stabilize under pressure, and my awareness to stay rooted in the present moment. These traditions didn’t just teach me how to move — they taught me how to stay, how to center, and how to respond to suffering with both strength and softness.
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This embodied lineage infuses every aspect of my therapeutic work. I approach healing through the nervous system, where presence meets precision, and where emotional strength is cultivated — not through control, and through attunement. My clients learn not only how to understand their patterns, and how to feel safe enough to change them. Together, we build a different kind of mastery — the kind that begins in the body and radiates outward into relationships, leadership, and life.
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My training includes advanced work in Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion (MBSC), Child Development Theory, and Internal Family Systems. Whether I’m working with athletes, executives, or leaders in transition, I meet each client with a grounded presence and a deep respect for the invisible load they carry.
I don’t claim to have all the answers — and I don’t believe therapy is about fixing people. I walk alongside my clients with honesty, skill, and care as they face what’s hard, uncover what’s true, and step more fully into who they are.