tessera — Trauma Therapy via Telehealth for all of California

I work with individuals carrying trauma and anxiety, including structural dissociation, PTSD, complex PTSD, BPD and OSDD. I also support people navigating chronic illness, the somatic symptoms of nervous system dysregulation, OCD, life transitions and chronic stress, as well as those working on meaning-making, living a purpose-driven life and nurturing creative expression. My approach is neurodiversity-affirming, queer and trans affirming, and culturally responsive, and I welcome neurodivergent and queer clients and those exploring cultural identity.

Yes. All sessions take place via secure Telehealth video, so you can meet from home or anywhere private. Because of licensing rules, you need to be physically located in California at the time of each session.

Yes. Tessera is Los Angeles based and serves clients throughout California via Telehealth.

Individual therapy is $200 for a 50-minute session. A Somatic Processing Intensive is $380 for 120 minutes.

Tessera is a private-pay practice and does not bill insurance directly. If you have out-of-network benefits, I can provide a superbill — a detailed receipt you submit to your insurance plan for reimbursement. It's worth checking with your plan beforehand about your out-of-network coverage.

Yes. A limited number of reduced-fee spots are available for people whose financial circumstances would otherwise keep them from therapy. Fees are set with care: the social work code of ethics asks that fees be fair and reasonable and that a client's ability to pay be taken into account. A sliding scale works on trust and shared responsibility. Paying the full fee when you are able helps keep reduced-fee spots open for those who need them most, and choosing a reduced fee when you need one is exactly what those spots are for. We can talk about fees openly and privately during your free consultation.

A 120-minute session that allows deeper, uninterrupted work with the body's responses to trauma — with time to settle, process and integrate within a single sitting.

Trauma-Informed Stabilization Treatment (TIST), developed by Janina Fisher, weaves together mindfulness, Internal Family Systems (IFS) parts work and somatic awareness. It focuses on building a relationship with the parts of you that still hold trauma, gently and at a pace that feels safe, rather than revisiting the past directly.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) understands the mind as made up of different parts, each trying in its own way to protect you. Parts work helps you get to know these parts with curiosity and compassion instead of fighting them.

Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) is a trauma response that can develop after prolonged or repeated trauma that was hard or impossible to escape, such as childhood abuse, neglect or domestic violence. Along with the core symptoms of PTSD (reliving the past, avoiding reminders and a constant sense of threat), it involves ongoing challenges in emotion regulation and nervous system dysregulation, a deeply negative sense of self, and struggles feeling close to others or sustaining relationships. The World Health Organization recognizes complex PTSD as its own diagnosis in the ICD-11. These patterns are understandable adaptations to what you lived through, and they can change.

Structural dissociation is a way of understanding how trauma can divide the personality into parts that don't fully communicate with each other. Developed by Onno van der Hart, Ellert Nijenhuis and Kathy Steele, the model describes a part that keeps daily life going — working, caring for others, getting through the day — alongside trauma-related parts that still carry the fear, pain and survival responses of what happened. The model is used to understand a range of trauma-related diagnoses, including PTSD, complex PTSD, borderline personality disorder (BPD), other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) and dissociative identity disorder (DID). It helps explain experiences like feeling split, losing time, sudden shifts in emotion or feeling like two different people. Therapy works gently toward communication, safety and connection between these parts.

Yes. Both can be adapted for video sessions, using on-screen visual guidance or self-guided bilateral tapping for EMDR, and a set eye position for Brainspotting.

Book a free 15-minute consultation. It's a chance to ask questions and see whether we're a good fit before scheduling a full session. Book a free consultation.

Appointments are available Monday through Thursday via Telehealth.

Under federal law, if you are paying for care yourself rather than using insurance, you have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of the expected cost of your care. You can ask for one at any time.