How I Work
I believe therapy is, at its heart, a relationship that gives us the opportunity to heal. I take a trauma-informed, relational approach, blending practical strategies with a deep exploration of your experiences. With couples, my approach is rooted in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based therapy that helps us understand the roots of your repetitive fights and create new, healthier ways of communicating.
While each person and session call for something different, I always prioritize safety and trust in the relationship so you can open up at your own pace. Clients have expressed their appreciation for my blend of professionalism and how “human” I am because of my candor and humor. With specialized training in child and adolescent therapy and couple therapy, I bring a deep understanding of how relationships shape us—and how they can help us heal. Through our work together, you’ll feel a lessening of painful symptoms, cultivate a richer sense of meaning in your life, and feel a deeper connection to yourself and others.
”The experience of speaking from the heart and being taken seriously builds the psychic architecture that supports the capacity to bear life”
— Nancy Mcwilliams
My Approach
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Psychodynamic
I believe that our early relationships and experiences inform our current ways of being in the world. Together, we’ll work to untangle your past and present and help you truly get to know yourself - all of you. Especially parts of you that continue to carry hurt, anger, and shame.
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Relational
Therapy is, at its core, a relationship. We’ll use our therapeutic relationship as a window into other relationships in your life, and the relationship you have with yourself. Those I work with have expressed that they appreciate I’m not a “blank slate” - I’m an engaged, real person in the room.
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Trauma-informed
We will move at a pace that is appropriate to you, acknowledge how life circumstances and broader systems have impacted you, and over time help you regain a sense of safety and agency. I believe you - even if others have not, and even if you might not yet believe yourself.
