who i work best withI do my best work with brilliant weirdos. Hard-workers, especially the ones that work so hard they don't even realize they're hard workers anymore. People who have done therapy before and have a sense that something's stuck in them that all the talk hasn't touched. The co-dependents, the lovers, the people who wear masks. Anyone who wants Sherlock Holmes to be their dad.
Narcissist survivors, especially — the ones who flinch at the power in my voice at first, then get to discover that power can be accountable. That rupture can be repaired. That someone can have my flavors without using them on you. Just being in the room together is already the work.
Couples come in tired of bleeding for love. Same with polycules, families, groups — the ones stuck in the same loop for years, unable to see it from inside. I'm a romantic. Adding more people to the room doesn't dilute what I do. It sharpens it.
My clients are every gender, size, color — because I specialize in working with parts, which means intersectional identities feel right at home in the complexity.
I work best with people who want engagement, challenge within structure, and real accountability. You'll get my attention. You'll get monthly reports if you want them — a running clinical picture of what's happening in your system, so the work between sessions is visible to you, too. I'm not for everyone. Those who connect with this style don't look back.
my storyI built a version of myself that worked well enough. I turned a lifetime of reading rooms and code-switching into a decade of corporate leadership. I was impressive, effective, and still plagued by random moments of hollowness.
I’m Matt — queer, neurodivergent, the son of a Spanish-speaking immigrant mother and an entrepreneurial father. And I outmaneuvered every executive coach and therapist I hired until I found Internal Family Systems (IFS) and group work.
IFS gave me the map and language that changed my relationship to therapists and myself. My behaviors — even the ones I thought I hated most — were trying to solve a real problem. I just needed to figure out how to speak for them and lead them in effective collaboration.
Now I say and do what I actually want instead of what keeps the room comfortable. My relationships have clearer boundaries, less performance, and warmer presence. The result: I live in full color.
in the roomI don’t watch from a distance. I stay present when things get hard and name what I’m noticing in real time.
When it’s useful, I share — not to take up space, but to show you that a part of me recognizes a part of you. Over time, you learn what it feels like to be truly met and feel whole.
DEEP DIVE INTO HOW I WORK —>
CREDENTIALSRegistered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist AMFT143779
Internal Family Systems Level 1 + Circle Training, IFS Institute
LGBTQIA+ Advanced Community Training, LA LGBT Center
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Medical University of South Carolina
MA Clinical Psychology, Antioch University
BA Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Supervised by Neil Schierholz, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist (PSY25154) at Angeles Psychology Group