About Audrey
Hi, I’m Audrey.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and I genuinely love what I do. I get to spend my days having honest, interesting conversations with people about their lives, relationships, choices, and the things they are trying to figure out.
I bring a lot of energy and personality into the room with me. I take the work seriously, but I do not believe therapy has to feel serious all the time. There is room for humor, curiosity, the occasional reality check, and probably more than a few metaphors.
I also believe therapy should be a place where you feel comfortable being honest and challenged enough to learn something new about yourself. Those things do not have to be at odds..
How I got here
My path to becoming a therapist was not particularly linear.
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in retail and service, medical education, collaborative medicine, youth organizations, and nonprofits. I have worked with people in very different environments and at very different points in their lives, and those experiences continue to shape the way I understand people and relationships.
What drew me to therapy was not the idea of having all the answers. It was the opportunity to get curious with people about why we do what we do, how our experiences shape us, and what becomes possible when we understand ourselves a little better.
What matters to me in therapy
I do not think understanding yourself should require judging yourself.
Curiosity creates room to understand why a pattern developed, what purpose it may have served, and why it might still be showing up. Self-compassion matters here, but so does accountability. Understanding why something makes sense does not mean it has to stay the same.
I want therapy to help build self-trust, not dependence on someone else to tell you the “right” thing to do. That does not mean always feeling certain. It means getting better at listening to yourself, tolerating uncertainty, making thoughtful choices, and recovering when you get something wrong.
And while insight matters, I am interested in what happens after the insight. Sometimes change looks like a big decision. More often, it is practice and repetition: setting a boundary, having a different conversation, staying present with an uncomfortable feeling, noticing an old reaction before acting on it, or trying something new and seeing what happens.
The goal is not to become perfectly self-aware. It is to understand yourself honestly, without judging yourself harshly, and have more choice in what you do next.
My approach
I do not believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. I draw from a range of evidence-based approaches, including ACT, IFS, CBT, DBT skills, and relational and systems-based therapies, and tailor the work to the person, relationship, or family in front of me.
That might mean slowing down to understand something more deeply, practicing a skill, preparing for a difficult conversation, challenging an assumption, or getting a reality check. My approach is collaborative and grounded in curiosity, insight, accountability, and practical application in everyday life.
Credentials
I received my Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from The University of San Diego and have training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and ADHD coaching.
I take an integrative approach, meaning I tailor therapy to each client rather than using a one-size-fits-all method.