I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the Bay Area, offering in-person and virtual psychotherapy to adult individuals and couples.
About Claire
I chose this work because of my heartfelt curiosity about people and how we choose to build a life with the circumstances we find ourselves in. I am fascinated and fulfilled by what can happen for us when we strengthen intimacy with ourselves and with others. I am motivated by the hope that this intimacy can liberate us from both outer and inner oppressive systems.​
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Experience & Interests
I have experience with a range of issues: depression, anxiety, life transitions, loss and grief, living with chronic illness, codependency, developmental and relationship trauma, unusual beliefs or experiences, lack of purpose or meaning, developing creativity​, and distrust of therapy itself.
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In my continued training and study, I have focused on adult relationship development and how to help couples release redundant patterns that hold them back from the intimacy they want. I have developed educational presentations for other clinicians on issues specific to queer couples seeking relationship counseling. Whether you have been together for 2 years or 20, relationship therapy can be a powerful process that I whole-heartedly believe in.
Other clinical interests and professional development include long-term relational psychodynamic therapy, racial identity in the counseling relationship, the psyche-soma relationship, power and ethics in counseling, and the history of psychotherapy. I am a current candidate in training at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.
Credentials
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​Loyola University New Orleans, Master in Science in Mental Health Counseling, 2020
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California Licenced Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), #18011
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Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), #8248
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Certified to provide telehealth in Louisiana and California