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About My Clients
I work with adults who are struggling with life transitions, identity building, relationship issues, sexuality, and self-esteem, with the ultimate goal of helping one develop an honest, integrated, and gratifying sense of self. I also work with teenagers and children (ages 8 and up) who are juggling the many demands of those transitional times.
My Background and Approach
As a psychoanalyst, I tailor how I work to each individual person. No two people are the same, and no two treatments are the same. I often use a Relational framework, which means that, together, we try to understand what is happening between the two of us and apply what we learn to how your relationships outside of therapy take shape. During sessions, no subject, thought, or emotion is barred from being talked about. I approach therapy as a collaboration, where together we explore one's concerns and experiences with curiosity and openness. While we will typically start with what feels most pressing, we may also address dynamics from one’s past that are creating obstacles in the present. By understanding oneself in this way, as well as through what arises within our therapeutic relationship, one can cultivate greater self-awareness and emotional flexibility. Ultimately, this can allow painful symptoms to lift and create space for positive changes in one’s life.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Change is hard. Often, we want to change and don't want to change at the same time. Sometimes the ways that we're most used to being with ourselves and with others feel comfortable and familiar, but they're hurting us at the same time. Trying to understand ourselves as best as we can allows for those familiar relational patterns to become more conscious and less automatic. That means that we have more control over how we interact with others and with ourselves. Therapy is a unique space in which one can learn more about their automatic ways of being without fear of judgment or punishment. We can play and experiment with different ways of relating in real time, between the two of us. I view myself as a partner in this process, someone to be with you during this sometimes painful, sometimes scary, sometimes enlivening experience. The process of change can be difficult, but you'll never be alone in it.