Effective, depth-oriented psychotherapy
Explore your past.
Own your present.
Build your future.
We all carry stories that shape how we think, feel, and connect. Deep change happens when we honor the full range of our lived experiences and make sense of the narratives shaping our lives.
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MY APPROACH
Connecting deeper,
living freer.
We are shaped by the relationships, experiences, and stories that surround us. Some of these stories bring connection and belonging while others leave imprints of pain, shame, or self-doubt. Over time, we develop ways of being with ourselves and others that reflect those early experiences. Some of these patterns serve us well; others leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure of how to move forward. So much of this happens outside our immediate awareness, shaping our relationship to ourselves and others in ways we can’t quite grasp. This is where therapy can help.
Many of the people I work with come to therapy looking for answers to the deep questions about why they’re struggling, or with a sense that their best attempts to change on their own aren’t working. Using a psychodynamic, depth-oriented approach, we explore the “why” behind your feelings and behaviors — tracing how your foundational experiences became the template for the way you connect today.
As those patterns come into view, they begin to loosen their hold. You can move through your relationships and choices more freely, consciously, and more connected to yourself and the people around you. This can lead you to inhabit your life in a way that feels truer to who you are, what you value, and what’s meaningful to you.
“The past influences everything and dictates nothing.”Adam Phillips
HOW I WORK
What shapes how I work with you.
Our work together creates space for making sense of what feels painful or repetitive: persistent challenges with anxiety, depression, intimacy and closeness, loss, patterns of self-sabotage, emotional expression, or a desire to feel more at ease with yourself.
We explore what lives beneath the surface: the patterns, defenses, and relational dynamics that operate outside awareness and shape your inner life.
Your earliest relationships left a blueprint. We look at how that blueprint shows up in how you connect, trust, and protect yourself today.
Therapy itself is a relationship. What unfolds between us becomes a live window into the patterns we are working to understand and change together.
Symptoms often carry meaning. Together, we make space to understand what they are expressing, so change can take root at a deeper level.
Specialty care: premarital counseling, therapy for anxiety, and therapy for creatives.
What to expect
Our work together.
Healing unfolds in its own time. Our work together will honor that rhythm, building trust and welcoming all parts of your experience. Because no two people arrive with the same story, I tailor our work to you. I believe meaningful healing is made possible through a relationship grounded in safety, trust, and genuine care.
We’ll meet regularly, making room for both what is easy to put into words and what remains less clear. Together, we’ll notice the threads between your emotions, relationships, past experiences, and the ways you have learned to move through the world. Over time, this can open new perspectives and possibilities that feel more aligned with who you are and what you value.
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Getting started.
If what you’ve read sounds interesting to you, reach out. I offer a free 15-minute consultation to give you a chance to ask questions and get a feel for how we might work together.
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