Psychotherapy for Women

Anxiety and Depression in Women: It's Not Just In Your Head

You look like you’re holding it all together—but inside, something is unraveling.

You begin the day with a tightness in your chest, a quiet dread that’s hard to explain. You go through the motions—working, caregiving, doing what’s expected—while a deeper part of you wonders: Is this it? Is this all there is?

Anxiety hums beneath the surface. Loneliness feels heavy, even when you’re not alone. You’ve learned to perform your strength, but inside you feel stretched thin—disconnected, unseen, maybe even invisible.

You’re not broken. And it’s not “just in your head.”

The Hidden Wounds Women Carry

Many women have been shaped by a world that taught us to disappear.

To shrink our needs.

To smile when we’re hurting.

To be productive instead of present.

To be everything for everyone else.

You may have been told you were “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” or “too much.” You may have learned to second-guess your instincts, distrust your body, or silence your truth.

These are not personal flaws. They are survival strategies.

And they can be unlearned—with care, with time, and with the right support.

Healing the Mother Wound

Our earliest relationships shape our deepest beliefs about love, safety, and worth. For many women, the relationship with a mother figure is complex—marked by longing, emotional absence, or inherited pain.

Maybe your mother was overwhelmed, anxious, unavailable, or unable to see you clearly. Maybe you grew up feeling like you had to earn love by being good, quiet, helpful, or perfect.

That pain runs deep. And so often, it goes unnamed.

Healing the mother wound means grieving what you didn’t receive. It means learning how to mother yourself in the ways you were never mothered. In therapy, our relationship becomes a place of repair—a space where your needs are seen, your emotions make sense, and your whole self is welcomed back in.

Feminist Depth Psychotherapy for Women

As a feminist depth psychotherapist in Oakland, CA, I offer therapy for women who are ready to reclaim their voice, reconnect with their intuition, and gently unpack the unconscious patterns keeping them stuck.

This work isn’t just about symptom relief—it’s about soul reclamation.

We explore:

• The beliefs you’ve internalized about who you have to be

• The grief you’ve carried silently for years

• The ways you’ve adapted to survive, and how those patterns now hold you back

• The parts of yourself that long to be seen, heard, and loved

I Specialize in Therapy for Women Navigating:

• Anxiety, depression & emotional overwhelm

• Burnout & people-pleasing

• Perfectionism & self-doubt

• Trauma & complex PTSD (C-PTSD)

• Sexual trauma, misogyny & internalized shame

• Motherhood, childlessness, or identity shifts

• Menopause, perimenopause & hormonal transitions

• The mother wound & inner child healing

• Boundaries, codependency & chronic overgiving

• Disconnection from self, body, or spirituality

Whether you’re in a moment of breakdown or slow transformation, this work is about remembering who you are beneath the roles you’ve had to play.

Reclaim Your Power

Depth psychotherapy is not about fixing you—it’s about freeing you.

Freeing you from the internalized stories that keep you small.

Freeing you from shame that was never yours to carry.

Freeing you to come home to yourself.

You don’t have to do this alone.

If you’re looking for therapy for women in Oakland or anywhere in California, I’d be honored to walk with you. This is sacred work. And you are more than worth it.

Reach out when you’re ready.

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