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Santa Barbara Therapist
Therapy for individuals and couples
Who We AreIf you’re looking for a Santa Barbara therapist, you may already sense that something isn’t quite working the way it used to. You might feel anxious without a clear reason, disconnected in your relationship, or unsure about your next step—internally unsettled, even if everything looks steady from the outside.
Santa Barbara offers space, beauty, and a slower pace of life. But those same qualities can make it easier to push things aside or stay quiet about what’s really going on beneath the surface. Therapy creates a place to turn toward those experiences—with clarity, depth, and support.
At Pacific Depth Therapy, I work with individuals and couples throughout Santa Barbara, including Montecito, who want more than quick fixes. Our work focuses on understanding the deeper patterns shaping your relationships, emotions, and behaviors—so change feels meaningful and lasting.
Therapy in Santa Barbara for Anxiety, Relationships, and Addiction
As a Santa Barbara therapist, I specialize in working with anxiety, relationship challenges, and your relationship with substances. These areas often overlap in ways that aren’t immediately obvious.
You may be:
Repeating the same arguments in your relationship without resolution
Feeling alone, even when you’re not
Questioning whether your relationship can—or should—continue
Using work, your phone, or substances to manage stress or avoid discomfort
Wondering if your drinking or substance use has become something more
Living with a constant sense of tension, overthinking, or unease
Therapy helps you understand where these patterns come from, what they’ve been doing for you, and how to shift them in a way that actually lasts.
My work as a Santa Barbara therapist is grounded in depth psychology, with strong roots in Jungian thought. Rather than focusing only on what’s happening on the surface, we pay attention to the deeper layers of the psyche—the patterns, symbols, and emotional undercurrents that shape how you experience yourself and your relationships.
A Depth Oriented Approach
This work invites a different kind of curiosity. Instead of asking “How do I fix this?” we also ask, “What is this trying to show me?” As we explore your internal world, you may start to notice recurring themes—ways you relate to others, protective patterns that once served you, or tensions between who you are and who you’ve felt you needed to be. Bringing these into awareness creates space for something new to emerge.
Often, the struggles that bring you to therapy aren’t random. They’re expressions of something trying to be understood. In a Jungian lens, symptoms aren’t just problems to eliminate, but signals pointing toward parts of you that may have been overlooked, adapted, or pushed aside over time. Together, we begin to make sense of those signals—whether they show up as anxiety, relationship conflict, or feeling stuck in familiar cycles.
At the same time, insight alone isn’t the goal. Therapy should translate into your actual life. Alongside this deeper exploration, I integrate practical, solution-focused tools so you can feel movement—whether that’s communicating more clearly, making decisions with greater confidence, or feeling more steady in yourself. The aim is both understanding and change, working together.
Couples Therapy in Santa Barbara
Couples therapy can help when:
Communication breaks down or turns into recurring conflict
Trust has been broken and repair feels unclear
You feel more like roommates than partners
You’re questioning whether to stay or separate
You want to strengthen your relationship before a new chapter
I work with couples who feel stuck, disconnected, or uncertain about their future together.
Our work focuses on slowing down the dynamic so each person feels understood. From there, we rebuild clarity, connection, and direction—whether that means repairing the relationship or making thoughtful decisions about what comes next.
Anxiety and Addiction Therapy in Santa Barbara
I work with anxiety by helping you understand what’s driving it beneath the surface—not just managing symptoms, but making sense of why it’s there. Anxiety often shows up as overthinking, tension, or a constant sense of urgency, even when nothing is obviously wrong. Together, we slow that process down and explore the patterns, pressures, and internal dynamics contributing to it. As insight develops, we also focus on practical shifts—so you feel more grounded, less reactive, and more able to move through your life with clarity instead of constant mental noise.
I approach addiction with curiosity rather than judgment, helping you understand what substances are doing for you emotionally, socially, or internally. Instead of rushing to label or eliminate the behavior, we explore the role it plays in your life—what it soothes, avoids, or expresses. From a depth-oriented lens, substance use is often connected to underlying patterns, unmet needs, or parts of you that haven’t had space to be understood. As we bring awareness to those dynamics, we also work toward practical changes, so you feel more choice, more agency, and a relationship with substances that is more intentional and aligned.
Meet Your Santa Barbara Therapist
A space where you don't have to performI’m a licensed marriage and family therapist and the founder of Pacific Depth Therapy. My work is grounded in depth psychology, with a strong influence from Jungian theory, which means I’m interested in the deeper layers of the psyche—not just what’s happening, but why. I help clients understand the patterns beneath their anxiety, relationship struggles, and habits, so change feels meaningful and lasting.
I trained at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where I studied Depth Psychology, and began my clinical work in community mental health during COVID, supporting individuals navigating addiction and complex life transitions. Since then, I’ve worked with a wide range of clients, including individuals and couples dealing with anxiety, relationship challenges, and questions around substance use.
My approach is both exploratory and practical. I value creating a space where you don’t have to perform or have it all figured out, while also helping you feel our work working in your daily life. I tend to be warm, direct, and engaged—offering insight and feedback while supporting you in finding your own clarity.
I work with clients throughout Santa Barbara, including Montecito, offering both in-person and virtual sessions.