I work with Individuals, Couples (and that can be any two people in any kind of relationship!), and Families. Special experience with ADHD and Autism and other Neurodivergent buddies, Substance Use (active or recovering), co-dependency, Conscious Uncoupling/Ending Relationships, Life Transitions, Gentle/Conscious Parenting. If you do not feel represented on this list, the good news is that supporting clients does not start and stop with those specific areas! I have so much other experience with other areas as well. I am ready to meet you where you are at.

Therapy is the art and science of helping you feel safe within yourself. Your ‘self’ AKA just YOU is with you where ever you are; whether YOU are spending time by yourself, with a partner, with a family member, with a friend, at work, in Target, waiting for the person in front of you at the green light to stop looking at their phone and GO — YOU are there. I want to work to help YOU feel safe, proud, content, or even just neutral about being YOU.

First things first, there can be no working towards your therapeutic goals without trust. When we start working together, there is a period of time that it will take for me to earn your trust. I respect that that process takes as long as it takes. In order for you to be vulnerable and feel safe in doing so, you have to trust that I will keep you safe, keep your information private and sacred - and not just because I am legally obligated to do so - but because that’s the right thing to do. You have to trust that I will also unconditionally accept you with warmth and joy, exactly how you are and who you are, each session that we meet.

I was educated and trained in a relational framework. This means that the relationships we are in, and the way in which we interact within them, is informed by the relationships that we have had along the way, and my job is learn exactly how that has impacted you. From our relationship with our parents, or primary caregiver, to our other family members, friends throughout our life span, crushes, bosses, co-workers, and even our animal besties — these are all part of how you have learned interact with yourself and the world around. Regardless of how we are working together (individually, as a couple, as parents + child), learning about how it is safe or unsafe for you to interact with the world around you because of what these relationships have taught you is a vital part of us understanding exactly how to map out a treatment plan to get you where you need and want to go.

Additionally, my approach is always informed by Neuroscience. Learning about our basic brain circuitry and neurobiology in an easy-to-digest manner certainly increases the chances of understanding YOU. It also takes some of the pressure off of how and why we react or behave in certain moments.