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About My Clients
What do you notice happening when life's demands become too overwhelming? Do you begin to feel consumed by a critical voice? Perhaps hopeless or shame quickly take over. Or, maybe, you stop focusing on what you need and daily life feels chaotic. You keep returning to coping strategies that aren't working, and you are ready for something different. In-depth psychotherapy can help in understanding yourself so that old patterns of relating are no longer needed.
My Background and Approach
While obtaining my bachelor’s degree at Saint Louis University, I combined my interests in Psychology and Women’s Studies to understand the evolution and perpetuation of disordered eating in men and women. This propelled me to work with individuals in inpatient eating disorder treatment centers and fueled my desire to learn more about these complex disorders. I completed my master’s degree at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, where I continued my training as a therapist. By taking courses that focused on women, the LGBTQ+ community, and social class disparities, I gained a fuller understanding of how society impacts one’s mental health. My desire to understand the complexities of the human experience led me to courses in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. In 2019 I completed a two-year, in-depth training to become an Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapist. From there, I’ve taken additional theoretical and clinical courses on dynamic therapy.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My love for psychotherapy grew out of the belief that humans heal through connection. As a therapist, I believe that individuals have the ability to discover who they are and what they want out of life. Coming to understand yourself is a beautiful, and sometimes frustrating, process that requires time. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of talk therapy which holds that much of what we do is outside of our awareness. It maintains the idea that what has happened to us, whether within our families of origin or the wider socio-cultural context, directly impacts how we move about the world. Although it has evolved over the decades, it’s tenets still rest on how our unconscious life helps construct the world we see and experience around us.