Life changes. Relationships change. We change.
Compassionate therapy for grief, family relationships, and life's transitions.
In-person psychotherapy in San Rafael and Marin County, and online throughout California.
Life asks us to change, whether we want to or not.
Many of life's hardest moments involve a transition in who we are, the roles we play, or our relationships with the people we love.
A child becomes more independent and being a parent starts to look different. Children leave home. A relationship changes or ends. We care for aging parents. Someone we love dies. We retire or begin to think differently about work. We become more aware of our own aging. Sometimes we simply reach a point when the life we've been living no longer feels quite right and the change comes from inside, something we tried to ignore that demands to be listened to.
These changes can bring grief, conflict, uncertainty, and questions we may not have expected:
Who am I now? How do I live with what has changed? How do I stay connected? What do I want this part of my life to be about?
Therapy offers a place to explore those questions with curiosity and compassion. We can pay attention to what is happening right now while also looking at the experiences, relationships, and patterns that have shaped you.
Together, we can make room for what is difficult, understand yourself more fully, and find ways to move forward with greater connection, meaning, and joy.
Grief & Loss
The death of someone you love, anticipatory grief, divorce, illness, caregiving and other losses that change the life you hoped for or expected.
Parenting Teens, Young Adults & Family Relationships
Support for parents navigating conflict, worry and changing relationships with older children—and who are interested in learning about their own reactions and patterns.
Life Transitions & Aging
Empty nest, retirement, aging parents, caregiving, changing relationships and questions about identity, meaning and what you want this part of your life to be about.
Hi, I'm Kristen.
I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a warm, collaborative, and down-to-earth approach. I want therapy to be a place where you can be yourself, feel understood, and talk honestly about what’s happening in your life. I’m active and engaged in our work together—I’ll listen carefully, ask questions, offer observations, and be direct when I think it may be helpful.
I’m a graduate of Stanford University and have worked as a school counselor and grief counselor in addition to my years in private practice. I’ve also practiced mindfulness meditation for more than 25 years, which helps me bring presence, curiosity, and compassion to my work.
My role as a therapist is to support you with compassion, to help you feel heard and safe, and to guide you in healing the areas where you feel stuck—so you can show up fully for yourself, your family, your work, and all of this precious life.