Psychotherapy Services
Individual Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a tool for understanding. Often, people are burdened by narratives they didn’t write or storylines that no longer serve them. These create obstacles to growth and prevent them from making changes, leading to feeling stuck and hopeless. As miserable and frustrating as this can feel, it is a great place to start therapy.
“Saying everything,” or putting all your thoughts, feelings, and experiences into words in the therapy room, is the first step to stepping behind the curtain and delving deep. Through this, we learn about the narratives that no longer fit, the endlessly repeated storylines, and where it all began. We start understanding more about the roadblocks that stand between you and a more authentic, fulfilling life.
Though my areas of specialty include relationship issues, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders, I work with a wide range of people from different stages of life. Clients come to work on transitioning into new stages of life, navigating changing relationships, exploring their identity, negotiating complex family dynamics, and learning new ways to approach conflict.
Our work starts with a phone consult, and from there we determine whether to move forward with setting up an initial intake session. Making an appointment can often bring some relief—taking action can feel invigorating. Similarly, some short-term relief can be felt when you begin to describe what you’re experiencing to someone listening closely and empathetically.
That said, change doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a process, and at times, it can be painful. Therapy asks us to examine the wounded parts of our lives and ourselves, which can mean feeling the pain of these wounds. This work takes time, but it is also the most rewarding.
Couples Therapy
Couples often seek therapy when they’re feeling stuck and have goals in mind for what needs to change: improving communication, navigating transitions, deepening intimacy, rebuilding trust, and letting go of old patterns. I provide a safe, structured environment to explore your relationship, examine what’s not working, and learn more conscious, intimate, and attuned ways of being in partnership with one another.
My role is to set the stage for couples to have a "conscious relationship". This means a relationship where each partner begins to understand how they are contributing to the conflicts. Once each partner understands their contribution, we can start to learn new skills and ways of relating to one another that lead to the joyful and harmonious relationship they deserve.
Our work starts with phone consults for each member of the relationship. From there, I evaluate the couple together in a joint intake session, and individually, with one-on-one sessions with each member of the relationship. From there, the counseling continues primarily with joint sessions, with individual sessions done as needed.
I have experience working with couples who are:
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In non-monogamous partnerships
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Have one or more partners who identify as LGBTQIA+
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Have one or more partners undergoing gender transition
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Navigating infidelity
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Looking to make major life decisions, transitions, or changes
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Seeking to address repetitive arguments and cycles of conflict
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Working through religious, spiritual, or cultural differences
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Struggling with sex and intimacy
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Wondering whether to end the relationship
No matter the configuration of your relationships or the challenges you face, all can benefit from couples counseling.
Group Therapy
For those who are looking to better understand how they relate to others, as well as improve relationship skills, group therapy can be extremely powerful and impactful. Within the safety of a group, members are able to explore the patterns they have in relationships, receive feedback from one another as a way of building self-awareness, and experiment with new ways of relating that can improve how they are in relationships.
Modern group therapy goes beyond traditional support groups. Instead of just sharing experiences, the focus is on the “here and now”, or what is happening in the relationships and dynamics of the group in the present moment. In other words, members learn about themselves through the exploration of their feelings towards themselves and other members.
The aims of modern group therapy are to help its members to identify and communicate their thoughts and feelings, become more self-reflective and emotionally resilient, speak up constructively, and gain the ability to tolerate uncomfortable feelings. These groups offer the opportunity to experiment with different styles of communication, and members provide support, encouragement, as well as challenge each other to grow.