My approach holds our relationship as the necessary foundation for a successful therapy experience. I bring both my experience and expertise in evidence-based practices as well as my authentic and genuine self into our work together. I prioritize creating a warm, responsive, and accepting environment that is tailored to you and your needs. My hope is that you feel more connected, heard, and less alone.

Our work will be collaborative and interactive and I invite open communication about your needs, values, and expectations of therapy and our work together. Therapy will be a safe and caring space for you to explore, freely reflect and feel, as well as challenge yourself. I value the impact of significant past and early life experiences or “programming” as well as larger intergenerational, cultural, and societal forces that shape our experiences, emotions, behaviors, and relationships. With extensive work in a wide range of settings and specialized populations, I am equipped to adapt and tailor our sessions to what works best for you now.

The early phase of our work will focus on understanding what brings you to therapy at this time and accurately identifying the key issues. This clarification and understanding will help highlight what specific interventions and skills may be the most helpful and effective. I work hard to balance acceptance and change, helping you to understand and accept that you, exactly as you are make perfect sense given your circumstances and at the same time, that you may really need and want things to change. Often what might be labeled as “dysfunctional” or “problematic” has in fact developed for good reason and has served to protect us in some way that deserves to be acknowledged. Our work together will embrace curiosity and compassion for these parts of ourselves as well as our capacity to grow and expand.

I believe we all have a strong intuitive self and inner guide connected to our mind and body that inherently knows what we need and how to heal if given the right supports and skills. For many of us, this part may have been overridden or silenced for various reasons or we lacked necessary resources. Our work can reconnect you to your intuitive self, support you, and set you on a path towards healing, relief, growth and fulfillment.