Therapeutic Orientation

As a therapist, I work with adults, teens and children who have experienced loss, trauma, relationship difficulties, as well as those who would like the opportunity to learn more about themselves within a therapeutic relationship. I specialize in long term psychotherapy with individuals who are seeking to make lasting changes. Together, we explore what is important in my client’s life. I bring a sense of humor, and an anti-oppression framework in providing trauma-informed psychotherapy. I engage with warmth, compassion and flexibility.

I aim to provide a creative space where I can help you cultivate a felt sense of inner vitality, increase your connections to self and other, and discover your full potential. I believe in the power of psychotherapy to contribute to a fuller, richer, more meaningful life. Many people come to therapy wondering if their experiences are "normal." While it can be reassuring to know you are not alone, it is empowering to choose your own path.

I am trained to help clients understand their past relationship patterns, traumas, and learned strategies for self-protection, the ways in which these methods of self-protection may interfere with healthy relationships and coping in the present, and strategies for developing healthier relational styles and skills that lead to an increased sense of connection, security, and feeling understood.

My passion, background, and training include working with those who hold a wide array of complex, intersecting identities and in particular with those who are LGBTQ+ identified. I have extensive experience working with those who have experienced trauma, particularly domestic and sexual violence.  

Psychodynamic therapy has been shown to be effective to:

• Build self-awareness

• Understand and change hurtful relational patterns 

• Reduce insecurity and self-criticism

• Increase authentic expression in relationships 

• Clarify and healthily assert one’s needs and boundaries 

• Improve relational functioning

• Decrease depression and anxiety symptoms

My Specialities:

Life Transitions

As you navigate life’s many transitions, I aim to meet you with humility, compassion, and warmth. Transitions may include illness, disability, relationship changes, financial loss, employment change, retirement, questioning faith/spirituality, gender transition, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and dying.

Finding Strength in the Face of Systemic Harm

As you navigate experiences of systemic oppression: racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism, I offer guidance and resources to support you in cultivating balance, freedom, and joy in the face of living and navigating spaces that are often not designed to support your flourishing.

Moving through Loss and Grief

I provide comfort and grounding during times of loss and grief. Loss, however painful, can provide us opportunities for healing and post-traumatic-growth. I specialize in working with people navigating loss related to disability, diagnosis, and trauma.