My Practice
Therapy with me is collaborative, warm, and grounded in a genuine curiosity about who you are. I bring humor when it fits and create space for you to show up authentically - not as someone who needs to be fixed, but as someone navigating real challenges anchored in your life’s context . My goal is to help you feel understood while building insight into the patterns that might be holding you back.
My approach draws from multiple modalities but is fundamentally anchored in the belief that the change we are looking for is possible when we understand the root of what is happening. This might be addressing underlying and abstract feelings of shame that manifest in disordered eating or reframing behavioral challenges in youth as their attempt at communicating an unmet need. By addressing the underlying causes of whatever it is bringing you to therapy my hope is that we can heal core wounds rather than treating symptomatic behaviors.
Some of the specific modalities I work with are:
Relational Psychodynamic Therapy - Understanding how early experiences shape who you are today while using what happens between us in the therapy room to illuminate patterns that show up in other relationships
Attachment Theory - Exploring how your attachment patterns influence your relationships and sense of security
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) - Helping you access, understand, and transform difficult emotions
Internal Family Systems (IFS) - Working with the different parts of yourself and understanding how they developed to protect you
Somatic Awareness - Recognizing that your body holds important information and insights about your emotional experience. This is especially useful for people who have a harder time accessing emotions.
Mindfulness - Helping to tap inward while providing tools like breathe work and meditation to sooth.
Some challenges I work with
Addiction and alcohol use
Achievement pressure and burnout
Anxiety and or depression
Addiction and alcohol use
Divorce and blending families
Grief and loss
Identity exploration including gender and sexuality
Youth behavioral challenges
Eating disorders & challenges with body image