Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Family
- Adolescent/Teen
- Group
About My Clients
You’re holding more than you let on. From the outside, you function. From the inside, something underneath isn’t working anxiety that won’t quiet down, grief you can’t metabolize, trauma you’ve worked around for years, or a quiet sense that you’re drifting away from who you want to be. You’re not looking for surface-level reassurance. You want a clear-eyed, structured space to understand what’s actually happening, and the support to change it with someone who takes you seriously.
My Background and Approach
My work is grounded in the belief that change happens through clarity, not just conversation. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, I help clients in all walks of life, move from feeling stuck to understanding the patterns underneath: the ones shaped by family, trauma, environment, and the quiet adaptations we’ve made to survive them. Sessions are collaborative and structured. We don’t just talk about what’s hard; we map it. I draw on evidence-based approaches cognitive-behavioral, trauma-informed, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic frameworks integrated based on what fits you, not what fits a protocol. Where appropriate, I use brief measures so we can actually see what’s shifting, not just hope it is. I take therapy seriously, and I take you seriously. My approach is direct, warm, and honest. You won’t be lectured at or hand-held; you’ll be met as a capable individual doing real work, with a clinician committed to walking through it with you.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I became a therapist because I spent so much of my life wanting to understand people including myself, in the times I needed a therapist most. I tried therapy and was disappointed by most of what I experienced. Until I met one who was different. She challenged me and supported me. She made me look at what I was trying to avoid and when I did, she didn’t move away from it. She held it with me. For the first time, I felt like I was actually doing therapy. That inspired me to become that kind of therapist for others. My goal is to support you in getting where you want to be and, hopefully, to work myself out of a job, one client at a time. Finding a therapist takes courage. So does therapy itself, because therapy is about change, and change is hard even when it’s the change you want. You don’t have to rush, and you don’t have to do it alone. But you do deserve a therapist who will use every skill they have to help you get there.