create breathing room around your sources of distress, strategize together about how to overcome them, attend to the parts of your identity & environment that impact your experience, & ultimately move toward a greater sense of sturdiness & self-love.
create breathing room around your sources of distress, strategize together about how to overcome them, attend to the parts of your identity & environment that impact your experience, & ultimately move toward a greater sense of sturdiness & self-love.
I employ evidence-based approaches focused on mindful awareness, self-attunement, living a value-directed life, self-compassion, tinkering with unhelpful patterns of thought & behavior - all couched within the important context of our relationship.
To me, therapy is not only helping you understand how your experiences, upbringing, and social environment have shaped who you are today, but to heal your younger "you" from them. To learn how to move forward with the best version of you that exists.
To me, therapy is not only helping you understand how your experiences, upbringing, and social environment have shaped who you are today, but to heal your younger "you" from them. To learn how to move forward with the best version of you that exists.
I’m a very relatable person and naturally use a bit of humor to lessen any anxiety or tension you might be feeling. I’m also a visual learner myself, so I incorporate visuals and a TON of analogies to help you understand difficult concepts.
We will work on the issues that are important to you and figure out how to help you navigate whatever challenges you are facing.
We will work on the issues that are important to you and figure out how to help you navigate whatever challenges you are facing.
I refer to my style of communication as 'compassionate honesty'.
explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.
explore how your feelings of anxiety, depression, and stress impact your daily functioning. We will use different tools to help you develop new ways of understanding and reacting to life stressors.
Through gentle exploration and skill building, you will be guided to a place of understanding, acceptance, and compassion for where you are in your journey and how you got here. I like to use CBT, DBT, ACT, and mindfulness-based interventions.
Pulling from a variety of techniques, I generally work with a belief that therapy is about creating space to sit with emotions and really process how our past experiences impact the here and now. Nothing is too big or small to bring to therapy.
Pulling from a variety of techniques, I generally work with a belief that therapy is about creating space to sit with emotions and really process how our past experiences impact the here and now. Nothing is too big or small to bring to therapy.
My approach is trauma-informed and attachment-based where the unique elements of each individual's experience is a central focus. Your story is made up of many complexities that we will uncover and process as we work toward your goals.