THERAPY
WELCOME
Hi, I'm Kari.
For over 10 years, I've helped people build awareness, find steadier ground, and learn to support themselves through life's challenges. My approach is a little different from what you might expect: I bring together Gestalt and existential psychology with neuropsychology, so that therapy attends to both the meaning of your experience and what's happening in your brain and body.
My training reflects that blend. I hold a bachelor's degree in Neuropsychology from U.C. Berkeley and a master's degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. I'm fascinated by how neurology and lived experience shape each other, and that curiosity informs how I work with every client.
At the heart of my work is a humanistic belief in the inherent wisdom of each person. Drawing on Gestalt and existential perspectives, I help clients explore their subjective experience, make sense of what matters to them, and cultivate resources in the present moment. Neuropsychology adds a practical layer: understanding why we react the way we do often makes change feel more possible and less personal.
Clients often tell me they experience me as warm, engaged, non-judgmental, and down-to-earth. With a flexible, reliable toolbox built over a decade of clinical work, I meet each person where they are and adapt to what they need.
WHY SEEK THERAPY?
People come to therapy for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes it's a struggle or a crisis, but just as often it's something quieter: a big life transition, a loss you're still carrying, a pattern you keep landing in, or a sense that you're ready to know yourself more fully. If any of that resonates, I'd welcome the chance to hear your story.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF THERAPY
Change in therapy can be subtle or life-altering, and it often shows up in several areas at once. Clients have come to me to ease anxiety and depression, heal from trauma, and build coping skills that hold up under stress. They've also worked on how they relate to others, learning to set boundaries and communicate more clearly, and how they relate to themselves, growing in self-compassion, finding balance with food, their bodies, or substances, and moving toward a sense of purpose. If you're wondering what's possible for you, reach out to share your goals, and we can see if we'd be a good match.
