1:1 Reflective Sessions

Narrative Sessions for symbolic insight
and personal meaning-making

“Bridging narrative, identity, and insight —
to surface what’s symbolic, unspoken, and ready to be seen.”

This work emerges from the quiet, complex spaces I’ve spent much of my life learning how to inhabit — the spaces between story and self, body and symbol, rupture and meaning.

These sessions are not clinical, not diagnostic, and not designed to “fix.”
They offer a space for reflection, attunement, and symbolic clarity.

We work through language, memory, and fragments of experience — tracing patterns that gradually begin to come into view.

About These Sessions

These one-on-one sessions offer a place for slow, reflective exploration of lived experience. Whether you’re navigating chronic illness, grief, identity shifts, relational dynamics, or a story that feels hard to name — we explore what wants to be seen and heard with care and symbolic attention.

My approach draws from cultural theory, psychodynamic and psychoanalytic traditions, trauma-informed frameworks, and symbolic depth practices. The process is slower and intuitive, listening beneath the surface of experience — to images, language, symptoms, memory, and meaning.

Together we trace patterns, untangle symbolic dynamics, and translate what feels fragmented into something more coherent and lived.

Sessions are tailored to you:
Some feel like collaborative decoding; others unfold as contemplative dialogue. At times we may use guided attention to explore deeper symbolic or unconscious material.

Who These Sessions Are For

Rather than narrowly defining who “should” come to this work, I welcome anyone drawn to deep, reflective inquiry — those willing to slow down, listen symbolically, and engage the layered terrain of meaning-making.

This space may especially resonate with:

• Those navigating identity shifts, relational questions, illness narratives, or major life transitions

• Artists, thinkers, creators, and individuals attuned to emotional and symbolic experience

• People who tend to think deeply about their inner life, relationships, and the meaning of their experiences

• Individuals seeking insight beyond conventional frameworks — into the emotional, narrative, and symbolic dimensions of lived experience

You do not need to identify with a specific label or life event to belong here. The common thread is a willingness to explore what lies beneath the visible story.

About Me

My path to this work has been shaped by equal parts study, lived experience, and long-term therapeutic inquiry.

I bring a background in cultural theory, psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thought, and qualitative research, alongside years of personal exploration through chronic illness, symbolic inquiry, and depth-oriented psychotherapy.

I hold an MSc in Culture and Society (with Honors) from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Communication (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Southern California.

I am currently pursuing an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in the United States as part of a longer professional path toward psychodynamic clinical practice and licensure.

My engagement with psychoanalysis began during graduate study, where I trained in Lacanian theory, and has continued through both formal and independent study in applied psychoanalysis.

Alongside this work, I have explored non-clinical hypnosis as a modality for symbolic access and narrative depth.

I’m particularly interested in how symbolic coping systems — fantasy, repetition, dissociation, and identity doubling — emerge under developmental pressure and later organize meaning, embodiment, and relational life.

I also studied abnormal psychology at UCLA and AP Psychology in high school, laying early foundations for this ongoing inquiry.

In parallel, I’ve trained in non-clinical hypnosis as a modality for symbolic access and narrative depth.

I live with chronic illness myself, and bring to this work not only interpretive skill, but also lived experience of embodiment, limitation, and inner reconstitution.

I’ve also spent over a decade in psychodynamic psychotherapy — first from ages 18–23, and again from 31 to the present — processing the long-term effects of early attachment rupture and emotional volatility in the lived environment.

These threads — intellectual, emotional, somatic, and symbolic — shape how I listen, how I frame meaning, and how I accompany others inside complex personal stories.

My ongoing graduate training informs how I approach this work ethically and responsibly, while maintaining the non-clinical scope of these sessions.

Session Fee

Reflective sessions are $150/hour.
Sliding scale options are available for ongoing work in cases of financial hardship.

Sliding Scale:
Reflective work is deeply personal. For those navigating financial hardship — particularly individuals living with chronic illness or trauma histories — I offer a limited number of sliding scale spots, starting at $65/hour for ongoing work. Please feel free to reach out to discuss possibilities.

Disclaimer

The 1:1 sessions I offer — including narrative work and guided inner attention — are not psychotherapy, clinical treatment, or a substitute for licensed mental health care.
I am not a licensed medical or psychological professional.
This work is interpretive and educational in nature, intended to support symbolic insight, narrative exploration, and personal meaning-making.
In accordance with California law (BPC § 2053.6), I make no claims of state licensure and do not provide diagnosis, treatment, or cure for any physical or mental health condition.

Scope & Orientation
These sessions are offered as reflective, interpretive, and educational encounters — not as psychotherapy or clinical treatment. My role is not to diagnose, treat, or intervene in mental health conditions, but to accompany symbolic inquiry: how meaning forms, fractures, and reorganizes across lived experience.

I work through listening, narrative reflection, symbolic interpretation, and relational attunement — drawing on psychoanalytic thinking, cultural analysis, and trauma-informed awareness without assuming a clinical frame. We do not set treatment goals or apply diagnostic categories; instead, we explore patterns of meaning, identity, embodiment, and story as they present themselves.

This orientation allows the work to remain spacious, ethical, and non-pathologizing — while still offering depth, coherence, and insight for those navigating complex inner terrain.

For clients who are also engaged in therapy or medical care, these sessions can exist alongside that work as a complementary reflective space.

A Note on Long Term Vision
While my current work is offered outside of clinical frameworks, it’s part of a longer arc.

I am currently pursuing graduate training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling as part of a gradual path toward licensure and deeper study in psychodynamic and trauma-informed therapeutic practice — a path unfolding at a pace shaped by both passion and chronic illness.

This unfolding path continues to inform the care, clarity, and symbolic precision I bring to every session.

Work With Me

If you're drawn to this kind of reflective, symbolic work — or curious about whether it’s a fit — I’d love to hear from you.

Many people begin simply with a conversation about what they’re exploring or questioning.

You're welcome to reach out with questions, request a session, or simply connect for a no-pressure chat.


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