Being in your late teens or twenties can feel like everyone around you has figured something out that you haven't. You're doing the things you're supposed to do — college, work, relationships, building a life — and still feel profoundly lost, lonely, or like you have no idea who you actually are underneath all of it.
Luckily, you don’t have to navigate, or figure it all out, alone.
This period of life is one of the most psychologically intense transitions a person moves through. The pressure to choose a career, form an identity, leave home, navigate relationships, and become an adult — often all at once — is enormous. And yet there are very few spaces that take that difficulty seriously, rather than dismissing it as normal growing pains. The loneliness that settles in at 21. The anxiety that arrives the moment you stop being busy. The sense that you don't quite know who you are outside of your achievements or other people's expectations. These experiences are worth understanding, not waiting out.
My work is tailored entirely to you — not to a checklist or a predetermined plan. We work from curiosity: about who you are, where you came from, and what this particular moment in your life is asking of you. This is a period when so much is still in motion — which means there is real possibility here, even when it doesn't feel that way. I find this stage of life genuinely meaningful to work with, and I bring that care into the room.
You don't have to have it together to begin. You just have to be willing to be honest.
Therapy For Young Adults
What Brings Young Adults to Therapy
I have extensive experience working with the following:
A persistent sense of loneliness, even when surrounded by people
Difficulty knowing who you are outside of achievement, roles, or others' expectations
Anxiety about the future — career, relationships, identity, purpose
Feeling behind, lost, or like everyone else has figured something out that you haven't
First experiences of depression or anxiety that feel hard to name or explain
Struggles with identity — including cultural identity, sexual identity, or a sense of not quite fitting anywhere
The emotional aftermath of leaving home — grief, relief, confusion, or all three at once
Difficult friendships or romantic relationships that keep following the same painful patterns
Perfectionism and the exhausting performance of having it together
Loneliness in a new city or community, not yet knowing where you belong
Navigating the loss of structure after school and the uncertainty of what comes next
You do not need a crisis to seek support. If something feels off — if you're going through the motions but not quite feeling present in your own life — that experience deserves careful, depth-oriented attention. I work with young adults both in-person in downtown San Luis Obispo, CA and virtually throughout California and worldwide.
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