Services
- Individual
About My Clients
I work with people responding to many different concerns including anxiety, depression, panic, grief/loss, substance use, life transitions, spirituality, trauma, and interpersonal stress and conflict. I understand problems not as pathology but as related to the real effects of responding to stress, oppression, loss, pain, and trauma.
My Background and Approach
My hope is to help you feel not-so-alone with problems in life and to give you a space to develop clarity about what is important to you, about what your hopes and values are, and about what steps you would like to take that support your preferred ways of living. I take a de-centered and non-expert stance, creating space for you to develop a sense of agency and support as you face the problems and struggles of life. I practice what-gets-called narrative therapy. This means that I ask a lot of questions, ground my approach in curiosity, support you in standing against harmful dominant stories and problems, and support you in developing your values, know-how, sense of agency, and preferred ways of living.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that people are not problems. Problems are problems. People are people. I believe that you are the expert of your own life and my job is to meet you with kindness, gentleness, and compassion as you face and respond to difficulties in life.