The longevity doc, the peptide protocol, the sleep tracker — you've tried the biohacking stack. What you haven't tried is sitting with someone who can help you see the patterns you're running. $300/session. Private-pay.
Building something meaningful often requires living in a level of uncertainty and responsibility most people never experience. Your financial runway is either at the front of your mind or quietly running in the background of everything else. Investors may understand the business, but that doesn't always mean they understand what it feels like to carry the weight of it every day. Your mind rarely shuts off, rest starts to feel unproductive, and your sense of worth can slowly become tied to how the company is doing. I understand how easy it is to lose yourself inside something you care deeply about building.
Founders often live in a state where uncertainty never fully turns off. Even during good periods, part of the brain stays scanning for risk — runway, hires, retention, growth, investor perception, the next inflection point. Over time, achievement stops feeling rewarding because your nervous system becomes organized around preventing failure instead of experiencing success. Many founders eventually realize they've built a company that depends on them while quietly losing access to the parts of themselves that existed before the company did.
I don't do open-ended talking. I do case conceptualization, written treatment plans with specific goals, and progress reviews every 6–8 weeks. The process is designed for people who want to see what's working and change what isn't.
Working outside insurance keeps your care more directly between you and your provider. A superbill is available after each session for out-of-network reimbursement if you choose to file one.
Virtual-only, with scheduling designed around the non-linear reality of founder life — fundraising travel, board weeks, all-hands, and the general unpredictability of early and growth-stage companies.
Mental health treatment is covered by strict confidentiality under California law. If you'd feel more comfortable with a mutual NDA in addition to standard clinical confidentiality, I'm open to discussing it.
Executive coaching addresses performance. A longevity protocol addresses physiology. Neither does what clinical psychology does: examine the underlying cognitive and emotional patterns and address them systematically.
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A second-time founder leading a Series B company that, by most external measures, is doing exceptionally well. The team is growing. Investors are happy. Revenue is moving in the right direction.
But internally, life feels increasingly unsustainable.
He hasn’t slept well in over a year. His mind never fully turns off. Every problem at the company feels personal, and every setback quietly becomes evidence that he’s failing in some way. His relationship is strained, but he struggles to explain why — only that he feels emotionally unavailable even when he’s physically present.
He’s tried optimizing his way out of it: supplements, performance podcasts, meditation apps, better routines. Some things help temporarily. None of them address the deeper patterns underneath the constant pressure to perform.
Part of him knows he doesn’t just need stress management. He needs space to think clearly again, reconnect with himself outside the company, and build a life that feels sustainable alongside ambition.
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Sessions are offered through a private-pay practice. Superbills are available for clients seeking out-of-network reimbursement, which may offset a portion of the fee depending on your plan.
Working outside insurance allows for a more personalized, flexible, and thoughtful therapeutic process.
Book a free 15-min fit call →Yes, I'm open to it. Mental health treatment is already covered by some of the strongest confidentiality protections in California law, so a mutual NDA is largely additive rather than replacing existing protections. If having one in place would let you engage more fully, it's worth a brief conversation. Bring it up in the fit call.
Sessions are $300, paid directly after each appointment. This practice operates outside insurance, which means no claim is filed with a carrier on your behalf. After each session I provide a superbill — a formatted receipt — that you can submit to your personal plan for out-of-network reimbursement if you choose. Working outside insurance keeps decisions about your care more directly between you and your provider.
Because those things address different problems. A meditation app is a stress-management tool. A coach addresses performance and strategy. A longevity protocol addresses physiology. None of them do what clinical psychology does: examine the cognitive and emotional patterns that are actually driving the experience — identity fusion with the company, hypervigilance that doesn't turn off, relationship strain that tracks with fundraise cycles — and address them systematically with a written plan and measurable goals. If the other things had worked, you wouldn't still be here reading this.
Virtual only, which means no commute and sessions from wherever you are. I keep a flexible scheduling system and can shift appointments with reasonable notice. If you're traveling internationally and time zones make your regular slot unworkable for a few weeks, we plan for it. The expectation is weekly sessions when possible — consistency matters clinically — but I've worked with founders through fundraises, board crises, and international expansion. I understand what the calendar looks like.
The threshold for therapy isn't "bad enough." It's "this isn't working the way I want it to." Most of my clients are high-functioning by every external measure. The question is whether there's a gap between how things look and how they feel — something you can't stop doing, can't start doing, or can't talk about with anyone in your life. That's usually enough. The fit call is the right place to figure out whether clinical work is actually what you need.
Partner or couples work is something I can discuss on a case-by-case basis. Board members and co-founders: no. My clinical relationship is with you, and introducing others into the clinical frame creates conflicts that aren't in your interest. If relationship strain with a co-founder is part of what you're working on, that's worth addressing as an individual clinical question first.
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