Who I Support: I work with clients experiencing a wide range of symptoms, especially anxiety, post-traumatic stress, self-esteem challenges, identity concerns, social anxiety and loneliness, and concerns around relationships and communication. I have worked with survivors of complex trauma, sexual assault, and childhood abuse, and have experience supporting clients managing self-harm and suicidal thoughts. My work as a therapist centers around issues of identity and self-acceptance, which are often in dialogue with many of the above symptoms. In this way, suffering can be a gateway into this larger, mysterious project we all must take up as human beings: understanding who we are, accepting ourselves, and from there, realizing our purpose in this complex and challenging world. 

 

My Approach: I am a psychodynamic therapist, which means that I focus on relationship in its many forms. This concept of “relationship” includes the relationships currently in your life, your childhood relationships with caregivers and family members, and the ways you relate to yourself. It also includes the clinical relationship you and I will build as therapist and client. All of these forms of relating are connected, and we can explore that in our work together. The therapeutic relationship between client and therapist is a rich and mysterious ground for exploration, reflection, grieving, self-acceptance, change, bravery, and growth. All of this starts with you feeling safe within our relationship, which is my top clinical priority. Only upon this foundation can the deeper work take place.

 

I also use a variety of other therapeutic approaches, including:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Mindfulness-based

• Meditation

• Cognitive Therapy​

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Therapy for Children and Adolescents: I have experience supporting children and adolescents in a range of settings, including 24-hour residential programs for teens experiencing psychiatric crises. In outpatient work, I draw from the same core principles—strong relationship, emotional attunement, and skillful support—along with collaborative goal-setting and practical coping tools. Above all, I believe young people deserve the same respect, curiosity, and dignity we offer adults.

 

I typically work with older adolescents and teens (15-16 and up), but may also work with children as young as 11-12 if their presentation is a good fit for my practice. Since I only offer teletherapy, and my approach is primarily talk therapy, children who respond best to play therapy are generally not a good fit for my practice. Older teens and younger teens/older kids who are more reflective, verbal processors or "internalizers" tend to be great fits. My areas of experience include supporting teens with self-esteem concerns, issues around identity, and recovery from traumatic experiences.