About Nan
The person holding the practice.
I work with people at moments when familiar ways of living or understanding no longer fit, and something more honest is beginning to take shape.
My role is not to direct or diagnose prematurely, but to remain present with what is emerging—to listen carefully for what is subtle, and to help create the conditions in which meaningful change can unfold.
I bring to this work many years of clinical psychotherapy experience, alongside more than two decades of study, teaching, and practice in somatic and contemplative traditions. In addition to my private practice, I serve on the faculty of Naropa University’s Somatic Counseling program and have taught for many years at Esalen Institute, working within traditions of somatic psychology, Gestalt awareness, contemplative practice, and relational field work.
My training has long been shaped at the intersection of contemplative traditions and Western depth psychology, with a sustained emphasis on embodiment, presence, and relational awareness.
More important than any single lineage is the capacity this orientation has cultivated: the ability to stay steady in ambiguity, to track lived experience as it unfolds, and to trust timing rather than impose solutions.
I bring structure where it is needed, restraint where it serves, and care for pacing as an expression of respect.
I am less interested in labels than in patterns, and less interested in quick answers than in what is already organizing itself.
I work best with people who value honesty, curiosity, and complexity, and who are willing to move slowly enough for real change to take hold.
This is not a high-volume practice, and fit matters—for both of us.
