Therapy for Self Esteem Anxiety & Burnout in San Francisco, California

Let’s quiet the inner critic and reconnect with your authentic self.

You’re Doing Everything You Can — So Why Do You Still Feel Stuck?

You’re the one everyone turns to.
You hold it all together — the career, the friendships, the responsibilities.
But inside, it’s a different story.

You overthink every conversation.
You struggle to say “no” without guilt.

You feel stuck not knowing any other way.


You keep trying to do better, be better, always hustling to be more — in your relationships, your work, and in your life.
And no matter how much you achieve, you still hear the same thoughts:

“it’s not good enough.”

or

“What if they think something bad about me?”

What you’re feeling isn’t random.
It’s not a flaw in your personality.

In fact, truth is that there are times when you juggling it all actually pays off.

But-when the tension starts to catch up with your body,

and you find yourself wanting to say “no” but can’t

because of overwhelming guilt, anxiety, people pleasing, and over functioning-

That’s when you stop and wonder, is this normal?

“Why can’t I stop it?”

You get stuck in cycles of people-pleasing, perfectionism, anxiety, or numbness

at work, in your relationships, and even in your own nervous system.

Maybe you tell yourself:

“It’s not that bad.”
“Other people have it worse.”

“I have nothing to complain about so I’m fine.”
“I should just be over this by now.”

But in reality, these struggles don’t disappear just because we minimize or try to ignore it.
Healing on this level doesn’t just happen by ignoring it until it goes away- and the worst part?

Our bodies are the ones taking the hit.

Our connection with others are the ones taking the hit.

Our self sacrificing creates nearly impossible expectations that are unsustainable long term.

Our expectations creates passive aggressiveness and criticism in relationships, the workplace, and even in our families.

You can’t let another year go by with the same patterns.

You realize that if you don’t address it, you’ll be continuing this for another year or-

modeling this for others in the future.

Talk therapy isn’t just about venting.
It’s about being seen, maybe for the first time — without judgment, fixing, or fear. It’s having a personal, flexible space that caters to your comfort.


It’s a space where you get to pause the performance, drop the mask, and show up however you’d like.

Together, we explore — not dwell, but understand how we get caught up in these situations and why they feel so hard to untangle.

Through a grounded, compassionate process, we’ll work to:

✔Gain understanding on how these patterns affect you now as an adult.
✔Start to understand the parts of ourselves that are “not enough”
✔ Untangle perfectionism, people-pleasing, and emotional overwhelm
✔ Practice new ways of relating — in a more genuine and authentic way.
✔ Learn about why our self-worth gets wrapped up in our productivity and explore ways to untangle out of that as your sole identity.

You are more than just what you do.

This is trauma-informed therapy that honors your whole self — your brilliant mind, your amazing and resilient body and soul, but also the quieter parts of you that are tired and exhausted, needing a pivot towards a more balanced, and sustainable future. You know that there needs to be a change because burning out over, and over, and over, again is frankly wearing you down.

Let’s work together

Therapy with Me

As a trauma-informed therapist, I bring together relational care, mindfulness-based CBT, positive psychology, and a validating, compassionate, yet empowering presence.


I’m not here to “fix” you or the problem.
I’m here to walk with you — to reflect, guide, and create a space where you can reconnect with your strength, your softness, and your truth. Sometimes we get so overwhelmed in our thoughts that it’s hard to even know how we got here.

I like to say that I’m Sam while you’re Frodo.

We might pause and understand things together. I might ask why we are going down this path and where you’d like to go next.

You don’t have to sort through the mess alone.
You don’t have to hold everything in all by yourself.

Your Needs Matter.

There’s a reason you’re still carrying what you are.
And there are ways to gently navigate through it without sacrificing all of you until theres nothing left.

If you’re ready to move beyond coping and into healing —
If you’re ready to feel like yourself again — or maybe get to know her again, without the armor of criticism, shame and fear.
If you’re ready to explore therapy that meets you where you’re at.

Book a Consultation with me today.

I cannot wait to meet you.

Here’s how I can help

Online Talk Therapy in California and Nevada

Hours
Monday–Friday
10am–6pm

Phone
310-853-2514