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What you may notice
You may recognize a familiar anxiety, a harsh way of judging yourself, or difficulties in relationships that continue despite your efforts to change them.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy & trauma work
Understanding yourself through therapy.
I offer long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a focus on trauma. I am interested in how your experiences have shaped the way you understand yourself and relate to others. Depending on your needs, our work may also include EMDR.
An initial conversation gives us an opportunity to discuss what brings you to therapy and whether my approach is a good fit.
◉EMDR-certified by EMDRIA
◒Currently virtual only
◎Serving clients in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and all of California
Why some difficulties keep returning
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What we consider together
We look at what these experiences mean to you, how they developed, and what happens when similar feelings arise in your life today.
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Why ongoing work matters
Understanding a difficulty intellectually does not always change how it feels. Ongoing therapy allows us to work with that difference, rather than assume that insight alone is enough.
Hi, I’m Beatrice
“I believe it is important to understand a person in the context of their experiences and relationships, rather than through a symptom alone.
Get to know meThe way I work
How I understand the work of therapy
A person’s feelings, thoughts, and physical responses are connected, although those connections may not always be clear. My psychoanalytic approach considers these experiences together, including the influence of trauma and early relationships. I also draw on body-aware methods and Attachment-Focused EMDR when appropriate. You can read more about how I work.
Let’s talk
Discussing whether we might work together
You are welcome to tell me what you are looking for in therapy and ask questions about my practice. This gives us a starting point for considering whether we might work together.
Virtual depth-oriented therapeutic work, including EMDR, for clients in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and all of California.