A Deeper Approach to Therapy
Like all good therapists, I truly care about people. I believe in the power of sitting with someone as they work through the hardest parts of their life. I show up with compassion, clarity, and real investment in my clients’ lives.
But I don’t believe therapy stops there. I believe in gently challenging you, supporting you, and helping you work through what’s actually keeping you stuck, so you can reconnect with who you really are.
If coping skills alone were enough, you probably wouldn’t be here. You wouldn’t still feel this way. That’s why I focus on deeper work that leads to real, lasting change.
Beyond Symptoms & Diagnoses
I believe many of the symptoms that bring people to therapy—depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, and addiction—are rooted in unhealed trauma. Sometimes that trauma is obvious. Other times, it’s quieter: feeling unseen, unsafe, or unsupported in the relationships that shaped you.
I don’t see my clients as broken or disordered. I see people who have learned to cope with pain they were never meant to carry alone. The ways you’ve adapted, whether through perfectionism, people-pleasing, avoidance, or substance use, make sense. They helped you survive. But at some point, they stop working.
In our work together, we don’t just manage symptoms. We get curious about them. Your anxiety, depression, or patterns in relationships aren’t random. They’re meaningful. They point us toward the places that still need healing.
From Coping to Connection
Because so much of our pain happens in relationship, the healing must happen in relationship, too. As such, therapy becomes a space where you can experience something different in the presence of another: being seen, understood, and supported without judgment. A place to reconnect with yourself and to begin to move through the world in a new way.
This work is deep and, at times, challenging. But it’s also human. We’ll laugh, we’ll feel, and we’ll do meaningful work together. If you’re ready, let’s get started.
Treatment That’s Rooted in Depth, but Guided by You
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Theoretical Frameworks
I take an integrative, depth-oriented approach, drawing from multiple frameworks to understand the deeper patterns beneath symptoms.
Attachment Theory
Psychodynamic / Object Relations
Trauma Theory (especially developmental/relational trauma)
Relational-Cultural Theory
Emotion-Focused frameworks
Existential Theory
Humanistic Psychology
Narrative Theory
Social Constructionism
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Treatment Modalities
My clinical work is informed by a number of treatment modalities, which I selectively use to best support and challenge my clients.
Psychodynamic / Insight-Oriented Therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy
Relational Therapy
Internal Family Systems (Parts Work)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Somatic / Trauma-Informed Approaches
Motivational Interviewing
Experiential / Gestalt