Individual services are often a crucial start to any therapy journey. The focus is entirely on you, your experience, and your needs. As Shakespeare said, “Past is prologue.” The story of your experience has shaped who you are now, and our journey together will involve sitting down with these threads and seeing which of them serve you, which of them don’t, and which ones are a little of both. Whether your focus is on your relationships, on your own mental/emotional health, or both, I like to bring a blend of interpersonal neurobiology, narrative, and internal family systems approaches to guide us towards the change you wish to see in yourself.

My areas of clinical focus with individuals are trauma, grief & loss, anxiety, depression, and all the corresponding diagnoses found within these populations. I often encounter the kind of client that, for whatever reason, seems to “get in their own way.” As my client, you can expect me to challenge you when those feelings or patterns are coming up, and learning how to balance self-compassion with accountability when they do.

Couples, intimate partnerships, and family services first and foremost rely on crafting a mutually respectful and empathic space with all persons involved. Sometimes this is the majority of the early work, filled with psychoeducation on what research has shown to be necessary elements of healthy, fulfilling relationships, be it between a married pair or an adult child and their parent(s). As we work together to establish that space, I will also be demonstrating and modeling practical means for helping you identify activating topics, regulate emotions through difficult conversations, and making repairs when ruptures inevitably happen. To help my clients in their journey, I have participated in trainings in the Gottman Couples Method, interpersonal neurobiology, and family systems theories including Bowenian family therapy, structural family therapy, and narrative therapy.

My clinical focus for couples/partnerships are those that struggle with long-term relational difficulties, including differences in sexual desire, navigating traumas (individual or shared), and neurodivergence as it presents in relationships.