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About My Clients
A lot of my clients are very good at figuring things out. Unfortunately, being able to explain a pattern doesn't always stop you from doing it. Some come in because the problem is obvious: a relationship is strained, work has become miserable, or they're more anxious or irritable than they want to be. Others are doing fine on paper and can't explain why they feel flat or disconnected. And some are mostly here because someone they trust suggested it. We can start wherever you are.
My Background and Approach
Before becoming a therapist, I spent years in tech, coaching, and leadership development, so high-pressure work is familiar territory. I'm fairly direct in the room. If I notice a change in your voice, a pattern that keeps showing up, or the fact that you're explaining something very convincingly while looking miserable, I'll probably mention it. I use somatic therapy, EMDR, Ego State Therapy, and mindfulness depending on what we're working with. Sometimes that means paying attention to what happens in your body while we talk. Sometimes a specific memory still has too much charge. Sometimes different parts of you seem to want completely different things. I don't start with a technique and try to fit you into it.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I’m gay, male-identified and genderqueer, and a Jewish Buddhist — a JewBu if we’re being efficient about it. Those identities matter to me, but I don't assume they make me understand anyone else's experience. I've had a contemplative practice for a long time, and sometimes that shows up through attention, breath, or self-compassion. I'm also pretty skeptical of any therapeutic idea that claims to explain everything. I tend to assume that the ways people protect themselves developed for a reason. I'm more interested in understanding what something has been doing for you than deciding from the outset that it needs to disappear.