– ABOUT
Hi, I’m Alli.
I’m a trauma-informed relational therapist (LCSW #128982) specialized in working with couples and parents from diverse backgrounds and family structures. I also work with individuals seeking to strengthen their relational life. My training includes Relational Life Therapy (RLT), Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT), and the Gottman Method, along with mind/body approaches such as Internal Family Systems (IFS) and mindful self-compassion. I specialize in mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and neurodiverse conditions, within the context of relationships.
My approach is highly relational and attuned, tailored to your unique needs. Using a goal-focused strategy, we will delve into your inner and outer worlds, exploring your identities, desires, experiences, and relational stories. Together, we’ll work on healing, building on your strengths, developing skills, and embracing positive risks daily. We’ll also honor the value of healthy conflict and challenges, adapting to life’s inevitable unknowns and nonlinear paths.
Prioritizing our relational and mental health is a vulnerable, worthwhile journey. Through this process, I hope you develop more meaningful connections with yourself and others. As your guide, I provide a compassionate and engaging presence, creating a space where you feel welcome, safe, accepted, and free to be you.
More about who I am
– I AM…
…comfortable with intimacy and deep conversations, especially the parts of us we feel are the most uncomfortable, unworthy, unforgivable, and “dark.”
…thoughtful, real, and passionate, which are qualities I highly value and cultivate within myself.
…a curious learner and explorer of life, who finds joy in processes like creating, dancing, and embracing the wonders of the Bay Area. Nature and diverse cultures also inspire me.
…a keen observer of other’s strengths, skilled at drawing out these hidden parts within us.
…knowledgeable in various modalities and theories, with a focus on skills that calm our nervous systems, as well as heal and empower our minds, bodies, sexualities, spiritualities, identities, relationships, and whole beings.
…an ally of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, and committed to uplifting and advocating with underrepresented individuals and promoting systemic change.
…a white cis-female, parent, partner, and identical twin from the deep south of Louisiana, who engages in my own relational and emotional depth work daily to serve others more intentionally and meaningfully.
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