HOW I WORK

Hi, I’m Jordan. I’m an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist based in San Francisco specializing in relational trauma, nervous system regulation, and therapy for adults in their 20’s and 30’s.

My work in private practice is deeply informed by my experience in special education and high-acuity psychiatric settings —work that deeply shaped my understanding of resilience and the importance of connection and community.

Working within these complex systems taught me that your health never exists in isolation. Effective care requires seeing the full picture: you, the community, the systems that you live within, the family, the relationships. I bring a calm and steady presence in moments of crisis and clarity, and a genuine respect for how difficult it can be to ask for help.

Whether you're navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, anxiety, or a deeper desire for self-understanding, my aim is to support you with curiosity, care, and collaboration. Together, we can understand the patterns and experiences that shape your inner world, learn how to repair relationship ruptures, and move towards a life that aligns with your values.

I hold an M.A. in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy Concentration from the University of San Francisco. Outside of work, I love reading, hiking, spending time outdoors, and cooking for the people I care about.

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Learn More About The Areas I Specialize in:

  • Relationship Therapy

    Individual Therapy offers a dedicated space to explore how you show up in relationships, how you engage in conflict, and how you can relinquish people pleasing and care taking tendencies.

    Couples Therapy When you and your partner are disconnected or stuck in recurring patterns, couples therapy provides a supportive environment to examine your relationship dynamics, improve communication, and rediscover the partnership you want to build together.

    Values-Based Dating & Partnership For those navigating the dating landscape, I offer guidance rooted in self-awareness and intentionality. Together, we'll explore what you truly need from a relationship — emotionally, personally, and in terms of shared values — so you can pursue connection with clarity and confidence.

  • CPTSD & Attachment Trauma Therapy

    If you grew up in an environment where your emotional needs went unmet, where boundaries were unclear or violated, or where love felt conditional or unpredictable, you may find yourself carrying patterns into adulthood.

    You might ask yourself:

    • Why do I constantly worry about being abandoned, rejected, or being "too much?”

    • Why do I feel anxious about where I stand in my relationships?

    • Why do I replay conversations long after they've ended?

    • Why can't I set boundaries or express my needs without feeling guilty?

    Therapy can help you establish and practice boundaries, untangle your sense of self from the needs, emotions, and expectations of others, grieve the childhood you deserved, and rewire attachment through the therapeutic relationship.

  • Nervous System Regulation

    We’ll explore how your nervous system responds to stress, connection, and perceived threat, and how regulation is built and restored in relationship with others. Much of this work happens through co-regulation: the process by which the regulated nervous system of another person directly influences your own physiological state through cues of safety.

    Over time, repeated experiences of co-regulation can support the development of independent self-regulation by gradually expanding your nervous system's window of tolerance.

  • Anxiety Therapy

    I specialize in anxiety associated with relationships, identity and value uncertainty, and life transitions. You may feel pressure to have life figured out — career direction, relationships, future, or sense of self.

My Approach to Therapy

My therapeutic approach is integrative, drawing from psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, relational, polyvagal theory, and attachment-based perspectives. My style is warm and grounded, and I hold space for you to be both comfortable and gently challenged, because growth rarely happens without a little of both.

What Our Work Together May Look Like:

Polyvagal and attachment theory informs how we attend to your nervous system. Rather than pushing through distress, we’ll work to understand your body's threat responses, build your capacity for regulation, and expand your window of tolerance. We'll also pay attention to how your earliest relationships inform the way you connect, trust, and feel safe in the world today — and how those patterns can shift.

Using a psychodynamic lens, we might explore how unconscious processes, early experiences, and unresolved conflicts may be shaping your current thoughts and feelings, and how you relate to others. Drawing from cognitive behavioral principles, we can identify and examine the thought patterns, core beliefs, and behavioral cycles that may be keeping you stuck.

A relational approach means the therapeutic relationship itself is part of the work. How you show up with me — patterns of connection, distance, trust, or rupture — offers a window into how you relate to others and an opportunity to experience something new.

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