You Got Everything You Wanted. So Why Doesn't It Feel Like Enough?
The title. The exit. The reputation. From the outside, the life is exactly what you built it to look like. From the inside, something is off in a way you cannot say out loud to anyone around you. You don't need more strategy. You need one room where none of what you've built has to walk in with you.
Private therapy for founders, executives, and high achievers in Menlo Park and online throughout California.
My insights on mental health and high performance have been featured in:
Here’s What It Actually Looks Like From the Inside
The ambition that built your success doesn't turn off when you leave the office. It follows you home, into your relationships, into the moments that should feel like relief and don't.
That hollow is not a character flaw. It's what happens when the person the world applauds and the person actually carrying it have drifted too far apart to ignore.
Three things bring clients like you here:
The exit happened. The promotion landed. The goal was reached. You expected to feel free. You don't.
The same drive that built everything is now quietly taking something from you: your health, your relationships, your ability to be present in your own life.
You've been performing so long you've forgotten what it feels like to be off.
The people most prepared to do this work are usually the ones who have spent the longest time convincing everyone around them that they're fine.
Therapy isn't a sign that something is wrong with you. It's what happens when someone this capable decides that carrying it alone stops here.
Hi, I’m Vin
Before I became a therapist, I was a Chief Marketing Officer at a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup. Then a founder who built something, sold it, and discovered the exit didn't come with the peace everyone assumes it does.
I know how foreign it feels to ask for help when your identity is built around not needing it.
For over a decade I have sat with founders, executives, and high-achieving professionals who needed someone who could hold the full picture: the ambition, the cost of it, the fears that have never had anywhere to land. Most of them had never had that before.
This work will not ask you to slow down. It will ask you to look honestly at whether the direction you're running is one you actually chose.
Therapy Built for the Way You Think
Sessions are available in person at my Menlo Park office or online throughout California.
For clients where it fits, I incorporate Accelerated Resolution Therapy, a research-backed treatment recognized by SAMHSA that works at the level of the nervous system rather than the intellect alone. Many of my clients have spent years being able to talk about what's bothering them without it actually moving. Accelerated Resolution Therapy changes that.
What the research shows:
Significant reductions in trauma, anxiety, and depression from pre to post treatment
Meaningful change reported in as few as 1 to 5 sessions
Outcomes comparable to long-term treatment, in a fraction of the time
We work at the depth the issue requires. The goal is change that integrates into your decisions, your relationships, your daily life.
This Work Is Built for a Specific Kind of Person
There is a particular quality of stuck that only shows up at a certain level of success. Where you've built enough that walking away feels unthinkable, but staying in the current trajectory feels like it's slowly costing you something you haven't yet found a word for. Where every external marker says you've arrived and the interior experience tells a completely different story.
You haven't told the people around you how you actually feel. Not your partner. Not your board. Not your closest friend. Not because you lack the words, but because every relationship in your life is tied to the version of you that performs flawlessly. There is no space in the architecture of your life to say what's actually true without changing something.
You are not looking for someone to remind you how fortunate you are. You already know. That's part of what makes this so isolating to navigate.
That said, this is not the right fit for everyone.
The work here moves with intention and sometimes moves fast. It requires you to show up as you actually are, not the version you present to a room. If that's not where you are yet, this is not the right time.
My practice works exclusively with individual adults. I do not offer couples, family, or group sessions. If you are in acute crisis, I will help connect you with the appropriate level of care.
What Clients Say
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sessions starts at $500 per 50-minute session.
For clients who want consistent momentum and direct access:
$2,000/month — 4 sessions, priority scheduling, between-session text support
$4,000 for two months — 8 sessions total, lock in your schedule, priority scheduling, between-session text support
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I do not bill insurance directly and am considered an out-of-network provider.
That said, many clients are able to get 40-80% of session costs reimbursed through their plan.
At the end of each month I will email you a superbill, an itemized receipt documenting the previous month's sessions. You submit that directly to your insurer and they send reimbursement to you.
Before you call your insurance company, ask the following:
Does my plan include out-of-network mental health benefits?
What is my co-insurance rate and what percentage of services is covered?
Do I have an out-of-network deductible? If so, how much has been met and when does the deductible period reset?
Are there any requirements to access out-of-network benefits such as prior authorization or a referral from my primary care physician?
Is there a session limit per year and if so how many sessions do I have remaining?
For the full reimbursement guide including what information to have ready before your call, CPT codes to reference, and what your monthly superbill will include, view the complete out-of-network guide here.
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We begin with a free 15-minute call to confirm fit before anything is scheduled. The first full session is an intake where we look at what is actually driving things beneath the surface and begin mapping where you want to land.
Sessions are 50 minutes and build on each other, giving you a clearer picture of the patterns running your decisions and what real change looks like for someone built the way you are.
Available in person in Menlo Park or online throughout California.
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Most clients begin weekly. Some shift to biweekly or monthly once they've established real momentum.
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That depends entirely on what you're bringing in and what you want from the work. Some clients come in with one specific thing to resolve.
Others find that once the surface opens, they want to go deeper. There is no fixed timeline here, only what is genuinely useful to you.
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Yes. My practice works exclusively with individual adults.
Your Next Step
If something on this page felt more accurate than comfortable, that's enough signal.
Book a free 15-minute call. You'll know by the end whether this is worth pursuing.