My Story

Sacred Spirit Counseling
Meaning. Healing. Becoming.

My passion is to reflect deeply on life’s ultimate questions—those that ask not only how to live, but why to live. As a counselor, chaplain, and theologian, I bring an integrative lens to this work: one that blends psychology and spirituality, emotional presence and existential inquiry.

In my practice, I invite clients to engage in what might be called an accounting of the soul. This is not a judgment—it’s a compassionate invitation to ask: Who am I? What kind of person have I been? Who might I still become? These questions aren’t always easy, but they lead us to a more honest, more meaningful life.

Rather than asking “What do I want from life?” I help clients ask, “What is life asking of me?”

My approach—Sacred Spirit Counseling—is both clinical and contemplative. Together, we awaken your sacred inner life: the part of you that longs to love, to create, to belong, and to make peace with suffering. This is my calling and my promise: to walk with you as you rediscover the meaning that carries you forward.

I offer spiritual direction to people from many traditions—and to those with no formal tradition at all. While I have deep respect for religion, I am cautious about its dogma. My goal is to help individuals reconnect with the sacred on their own terms, in their own language.

We live in a world where moral and relational questions often go unspoken. But to live well, we must learn to honor ourselves and our relationships. We must reflect on how we love, how we treat others, and how we grieve. Family life—how we show up as daughters, sons, parents, or partners—shapes who we are in the world.

I believe we all need guidance at times—especially when navigating grief, loss, despair, and transition. I specialize in helping people find meaning after loss, rebuild after heartbreak, and move through fear with honesty and grace.

For over twenty years, I’ve served in hospitals, hospices, and spiritual care settings across the Bay Area—Mills Peninsula Hospital, the Dorothy E. Schneider Cancer Center, Sequoia Hospital, and Sutter Care at Home Hospice, among others. My work has included bereavement counseling, life review, ethical wills, and creating sacred space for people to share their values, regrets, memories, and final blessings.

I also provide education and support for families, clinicians, and caregivers—offering presentations on “making loss matter” and the necessity of soul work in times of pain.

We all need an instruction manual for suffering—some compass in the dark. My work, rooted in a hope-based model, helps clients find that compass, and make meaning of what cannot be undone. I believe that while we may not fix suffering, we can carry it with dignity, purpose, and even transformation.

There is no greater illness than despair. But there is also no greater act of courage than choosing to live meaningfully, even in the face of loss.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

• Master of Arts, Theology, Catholicism, University of San Francisco, CA

• Master of Arts, Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

• Rabbinical School, Academy of Jewish Religion, CA