A little more about me

Hi, I’m Aimie.

I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst. My training comes from two different but complementary worlds: psychotherapy and behavioral science. Over the years, I’ve come to really value what each brings to the room.

Psychotherapy taught me to slow down and understand the person underneath the problem—their experiences, emotions, relationships, beliefs, and the meaning they’ve made of what they’ve been through. Behavioral science taught me to look closely at what’s happening: What’s contributing to the problem? What’s keeping it going? What have we already tried? And what could we actually change?

I don’t think we have to choose between those perspectives.

I’m warm, curious, strengths-based, and very much myself in the therapy room. I want you to feel understood and have space for the complicated, messy parts of being human. But I’m also practical. I don’t want therapy to stop at insight. Understanding why something is happening can be incredibly powerful—but I also want us to be able to ask, “Okay, so what do we do with that?”

That might mean learning a concrete skill, trying a different response, changing something in your environment, practicing tolerating something uncomfortable, communicating differently—or recognizing that the thing you’ve been trying so hard to “fix” may need to be understood differently.

I also don’t believe being a good therapist means hiding my humanity. You won’t find me sitting stiffly across from you behind the role of “therapist.” I’ll bring my training and experience, but I’ll also show up as a genuine person. I’ll listen, ask questions, notice patterns, laugh with you, challenge you when it’s helpful, and sometimes admit when we need to keep figuring something out together.

Therapy that feels human—and useful.

I come from a humble background and a family affected by untreated mental health struggles. I think that gave me an early curiosity about people—why we do what we do, how our experiences shape us, and how we change.

I’ve also always been someone who looks for a better way. If something isn’t working, I want to understand why. I want another perspective, another tool, another possibility. I like learning, challenge, and growth—and I understand the drive to keep trying to figure things out.

That curiosity has shaped the direction of my career and the kind of therapist I’ve become. I don’t believe there is one theory, one tool, or one way of understanding people that has all the answers. I want to understand the whole person in front of me and draw from what I know to figure out what might actually help them.

And I think therapy should feel like a relationship between two real people. I bring my training and experience into the room, but I also bring myself—warmth, humor, curiosity, honesty, and a willingness to keep figuring things out alongside you.

Education & Professional Training

Education
UC Berkeley — BA, Ethnic Studies & Education
Saint Mary’s College of California — MA in Counseling, with emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy and Professional Clinical Counseling

Clinical Training

My early clinical training was broad by design. I worked with adults, children, couples, and families from a wide range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and life experiences, with extensive supervision and additional training in couples therapy.

I also worked in schools and community settings, incorporating mindfulness and behavioral approaches alongside traditional psychotherapy.

Behavioral Training & Experience

I built an extensive career as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), eventually serving as a Regional Director, where I trained and supervised clinicians and used principles of Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) to support staff development, engagement, performance, and retention.

My clinical experience spanned early intervention through young adulthood and included parent training, school consultation, developmental and play-based approaches, and support for complex behavioral needs across homes, schools, clinics, and community settings.

Certifications & Specialized Training

Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA), Nevada
Adult ADHD Certification
Food as Medicine Certification
Behavioral Sleep Certification — in progress
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) — in progress

Advanced Areas of Study

Extensive continuing education and advanced study in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), anxiety, ADHD, couples therapy, behavioral science, parenting, neurodivergence, and sleep.