My Approach

Therapy with me is about thriving, not just surviving. It’s collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to you. Together, we’ll balance meaningful exploration with tangible steps to create lasting change. I believe the relationship you have with yourself is the foundation for everything, and I’ll help you cultivate it-even when it feels out of reach. That might mean getting curious about the stories you carry, gently exploring the messages you’ve internalized, or learning to balance your ambition with real self-compassion.

I’m not here to judge or dole out cliché advice. You’ve likely spent plenty of time grappling with the “shoulds,” the “why can’t I figure this outs.” Instead, I’ll walk alongside you, offering tools, perspective, and space to rediscover the parts of yourself buried under stress, expectations, or self-doubt.

I believe we hurt when we do not feel connected to ourselves and to others. This suffering can come in many forms: anxiety, low self-worth, depression, difficult relationships, isolation, and burnout (to name a few). Sometimes, we are so disconnected that our emotions feel like strangers (or even pests), and we put a great deal of energy into packing them away. We pack and suppress through patterns taught to us by our past experiences, role models, and often reinforced by our society. They have served us well at times, and they are exhausting to maintain. It takes time, effort, and a genuinely safe relationship to work through these ways of thinking and feeling.

We will start by getting to know your goals for therapy and developing an understanding of your past experiences and how they currently influence you. Then we will spend time exploring from there. That doesn’t mean therapy needs to last forever, and we will decide and reassess your needs as we go along, with the understanding that healing is a process that takes time. Sessions are 45-60 minutes in length.

Different people need different things. I deeply believe in the unique experience, and that healing occurs in the context of a therapeutic connection in which you feel known and safe to explore. While I integrate tangible skills/tools, my approach relies on exploring you as a whole person, helping you learn to see the different parts of yourself with compassion. It also means looking into how your past has influenced how you currently move through the world so that changes we make are not simply bandaids but represent lasting healing and growth. I trust that you will know if we’re a fit.