I practice from a psychodynamic and attachment perspective, and I also draw from family systems, emotionally focused therapy, experiential, play-based, internal family system/parts work, and existential perspectives. Those are a lot of big words to say that humans are complex and unique, with rich and challenging internal and external worlds.

I don't usually give advice, and I had to give my magic wand back at the end of grad school. That said, it's amazing how much simply sharing our pain can help.

From the first moment we are conceived and then born, we are located within complicated family and community systems and relationships. I believe these early relational experiences shape much of our fundamental understandings about who we are and how we relate to others. I believe deeply in the power of having space to be with yourself in the presence of an attuned and empathic other. Much like a mother helps her baby by understanding their cries and meeting their needs, I hope to listen deeply and help you understand your pains, traumas, and losses. 

Many of our relational ways of being are largely out of awareness - much like once we learn how to ride a bike, we don’t have to think about each and every movement when we ride. I will help create a space where we can slow down and think about your relational movements: when you hide, when you dismiss, when you deflect, when you laugh about something that’s not funny. By slowing down in those moments, we can begin to understand something about your truest self. The relationship we develop between us will serve as a real-time “lab” of sorts where we can dissect both the moments when we connect deeply and the moments when you feel like I don’t understand.