Psychotherapy in Pasadena
Thoughtful, relational therapy for individuals and couples who want to understand their patterns, deepen connection, and live with greater freedom.
My approach
Therapy is not about fixing what is broken. It is a place to become curious about the parts of yourself that have been difficult to know, accept, or express.
Together, we pay attention to the patterns beneath the surface: how earlier relationships shape the present, how you protect yourself when closeness feels risky, and what becomes possible when you no longer have to navigate those patterns alone.
My style is warm, engaged, and direct. I bring psychodynamic depth into a real relationship—one with room for humor, uncertainty, discomfort, and discovery.
Therapy can also be a place for imagination, creativity, humor, and play. As the psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott wrote, “Playing is itself a therapy.” These qualities do not minimize what is painful; they can help us approach difficult experiences from a new angle, loosen patterns that have begun to feel fixed, and imagine possibilities that were previously difficult to see.
01 / Individuals
For adults moving through anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, identity questions, grief, creative blocks, or major transitions. We slow things down enough to hear what your experience may be trying to tell you.
Begin a conversation02 / Couples
Couples therapy can help you recognize the cycle you get caught in, speak more honestly about what you need, and build a relationship that can hold both connection and difference.
Begin a conversationAbout Andy
I came to psychotherapy after a career in art, design, technology, and teaching—fields that taught me to listen closely, think creatively, and stay curious about how people make meaning. I earned my BA summa cum laude from UCLA and an MFA from Art Center College of Design, where my work drew from art, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. I later studied marriage and family therapy at Pacific Oaks College.
Before becoming a therapist, I led creative teams and taught students from a wide range of backgrounds and identities. Those experiences continue to shape how I work: collaboratively, with openness, flexibility, and respect for the different ways people understand themselves and the world around them.
I work from a psychodynamic and relational perspective and welcome adults and couples of varied backgrounds, identities, and relationship structures. My style is warm, engaged, and down-to-earth, with room for humor, uncertainty, and genuine conversation. My practice is especially informed by LGBTQ+ experience and the complexity of family, belonging, and becoming more fully oneself.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
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A brief consultation is a chance to tell me what is bringing you to therapy, ask questions, and get a sense of how I work.
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