Moving toward peace in the present.
Approach
For those who want to live and perform in a way that reflects what actually matters.
Individual counseling for driven teens and adults navigating anxiety, pressure, and change.
I work with teens and adults who are driven, capable, and used to holding themselves to a high standard. On the outside, things may look fine. Underneath, there can be anxiety, pressure, restlessness, or a sense of being stuck in patterns that no longer serve you.
This work is about understanding what is happening beneath the surface and beginning to live with more clarity and intention. We often focus on anxiety, pressure, life transitions, identity, and the feeling that life has become reactive rather than aligned.
My background includes high performance environments, from professional sports to demanding work cultures, along with years of meditation practice. I understand the pressure to perform and keep it together.
In our work, we slow things down enough to see clearly what is driving your patterns and how you want to show up instead.
We may focus on:
• Anxiety, mental noise, and rumination
• Pressure and the strain of always holding it together
• Patterns that keep you stuck or overextended
• Life transitions and identity questions
• Clarifying what matters and how you want to live
My approach integrates evidence based psychotherapy with mindfulness and present moment awareness. Sessions move at a human pace and are shaped by what you are experiencing.
You do not need to be in crisis. Many people I work with are functioning well on paper but feel something is off. This can be a place to understand what is driving you and begin showing up with more clarity and intention.
About
I’m Andy. My background includes professional sports and years in high-pressure work environments, experiences that inform my work as a therapist today. I hold a master’s degree in psychology and provide psychotherapy for teens and adults navigating anxiety, burnout, and the challenges that can come with driven, high-responsibility lives.
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Professional sports: Played professional baseball in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, gaining firsthand experience with pressure, identity, and the mental demands of elite competition.
Demanding work environments: Spent nearly a decade in the startup and technology world, working within fast-paced, high-responsibility settings and navigating periods of uncertainty and rapid change.
Clinical training: Hold a master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from the University of Denver, with training grounded in evidence-based psychotherapy and performance psychology.
Mindfulness and resilience practices: Longtime practitioner and teacher of meditation and breathwork, with personal experience in endurance athletics that informs a practical understanding of stress, recovery, and nervous system regulation.
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Master’s degree in Sport and Performance Psychology, University of Denver
Background in professional and Division I baseball (UCLA, UC Davis, Los Angeles Dodgers organization)
Experience working in high-pressure technology and startup environments, including early-stage growth through going public
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200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (Sri Yoga)
Advanced training in breathwork, including Nordic Flow and the Buteyko Method
Intensive mindfulness and meditation training, including residency at a Zen center
Services
Psychotherapy (Virtual)
I offer individual psychotherapy for driven teens and adults navigating anxiety, pressure, life transitions, and questions around identity and direction. Many of the people I work with are capable and high performing, yet feel disconnected from what matters most to them.
My approach is grounded in evidence based psychotherapy and shaped by mindfulness and values based work. We focus on getting clear on what matters to you, changing your relationship with thoughts and emotions, and taking meaningful action so you can show up more intentionally in your life.
Sessions are collaborative, steady, and focused on what is most relevant to you. This is not just about feeling better, but about living in a way that actually aligns with who you want to be.
Sessions are currently offered virtually.
