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Santa Clara County · Telehealth across California

Therapist for Silicon Valley engineers and immigrant tech workers

You are an engineer, or a PM, or an SRE who has been in the same big-tech job long enough that the compensation makes leaving feel financially insane and staying feel spiritually insane. The pager still goes off. You are still writing docs at 11pm. You have not felt truly rested in a length of time that would embarrass you to name.

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The specifics

The Silicon Valley squeeze

There is a very particular kind of Silicon Valley paralysis I see all the time. The comp is real, the RSUs are real, the mortgage is real — and so is the sense that you have quietly disappeared into a role that no longer has anything to do with the person who first learned to code. The exit ramp costs money you can see, and the price of staying is charged in a currency you don't have great names for yet.

Layered on top of that: on-call rotations that shred sleep, performance-review cycles designed to keep you anxious, and an ageism that is spoken about privately and never officially. If your visa is tied to your employer, everything above gets multiplied. You are not paranoid. Your body has correctly identified the risk profile and is trying to keep you safe.

This work is not career coaching. It's a place to look at what your ambition has been protecting you from, what a life outside the compensation structure could look like, and whether the version of you that has been optimizing for exit is the same version that will actually be there when the exit comes.

Sound familiar?

You might recognize —

Your body cannot tell the difference between a Slack ping and a threat anymore
You've quietly stopped enjoying the work and are afraid what that means for the paycheck
Immigration status is doing background stress in your body every day
You look at engineers in their 20s and feel dread you don't say out loud
You've been about to leave for two years and have not left

How telehealth actually works

No commute. No waiting room. No one sees you walk in.

You do not need to drive to Los Gatos or take PTO to see me. Sessions happen from a conference room, your home office, a coffee break between meetings — anywhere in California with a door and Wi-Fi. I try to protect early-morning and evening slots because Silicon Valley calendars are not gentle.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California (LCSW #121584). I do not have a physical office. Sessions run by secure video and are confidential under California law and HIPAA. You can be anywhere in the state.

Where San Jose clients usually start

Services that fit this work.

Specialization

Burnout & high-achiever therapy

For people who look fine on paper and are quietly running on empty.

Flagship focus

Anxiety & chronic stress

The one where you look fine and feel wrecked.

Specialization

Men's issues

For men who were taught to figure it out alone.

FAQ

Questions people in San Jose actually ask.

I'm on an H-1B or dependent visa. Does that change anything about therapy?

No — therapy records are confidential and this work does not affect your immigration status. Many of the people I sit with in this seat carry visa-linked stress; it is a real, non-abstract weight and we treat it that way.

How do I fit therapy around on-call and long hours?

Weekly matters more than perfect timing. We build a schedule that survives your calendar — early mornings, evenings, and honest conversations about the weeks where on-call breaks the rhythm.

Do you have an office in San Jose or Palo Alto?

No. Telehealth-only, statewide California.

What if I'm in crisis and my session isn't for a few days?

Call or text 988. Santa Clara County's 24-hour Behavioral Health Call Center is 800-704-0900 (option 1 for crisis).

If it's an emergency