Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
You are a high-functioning, maybe LGBTIQ+, professional who has experienced trauma or neglect and wants more out of life. You work hard. People see you as strong, unflappable, dependable, and accomplished. But inside, you may feel numb, like a robot, and angry much of the time. Your personal life has taken a toll for years. You rarely trust or feel close to other people. You sense that you aren’t really happy and that the life you’ve built is too small to be really living.
My Background and Approach
Therapy should provide profound and lasting healing, not merely manage your symptoms. We will focus on directly working with your emotions. Often, emotions are painful or difficult, which leads people to try to ignore or get rid of them. Yet all emotions - positive and negative - are healthy in the sense that they are a part of you. Some emotions are sign posts, pointing you towards what you need and where you want to go in life. Other emotions are painful old feelings from the past that come up in the present. These need to be attended to and healed. I help people to better understand their emotional experience. Together we'll explore which emotions are important indicators to listen to and follow and which are painful remnants of the past. You'll also learn ways to responding to painful emotions that over time lead to feeling more efficacious and better able to enjoy life.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I'm a proud member of the LGBTIQ community and enjoy working with and supporting other members of the LGBTIQ community. In my work, I endeavor to be sensitive to people with lived experiences that are different than mine. My job is to understand your experience and be able to see the world from your view point, even when that viewpoint is different than mine. Fundamentally, I believe that people have adaptive, healing capacities within them. Sometimes healing takes time. But given the right supports, I believe that most people are capable of healing and living a more connected, authentic, and satisfying life. I believe that therapy is one form of support and one avenue to try to meet your goals and overcome life's challenges. Lastly, I trust your sense of what you need. I'll share expertise and options with you, but we'll work together to make sure that therapy is tailored to you and what feels possible and helpful in any given moment.