Services
- Individual
About My Clients
Maybe you feel empty, trapped or lost. Perhaps you know the source of this pain. Maybe you don’t and feel that you “should” be happier. Loved ones may give well-intentioned but unhelpful advice, but this only leaves you feeling even more alienated, and misunderstood. You feel confused about what you want. You sense that a more meaningful life could be possible… but somehow it feels just out of reach. Maybe you are close to giving up altogether and feel resigned to a life of suffering.
My Background and Approach
The journey to create lasting change can be overwhelming and challenging. You don’t have to do it alone. I can help you navigate that dark night of the soul to find healing and growth through an authentic, therapeutic relationship. You are welcome here as you are, with all of your grief, pain, and fear. I am an EMDR-trained therapist with over five years of experience working in mental health. I support clients struggling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic illness, and the effects of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual, or narcissistic abuse). I am experienced in working with gifted individuals, highly sensitive people, and introverts who often face a unique set of struggles not commonly addressed in mainstream psychology.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that there is meaning in the entire spectrum of emotional experience: the good, the bad, and the ugly. I believe that our emotional symptoms are giving us important information about our psychological health in much the same way that our physical symptoms give us information about our physical health. The problem is that many of us were never taught how to “read” our emotional symptoms, especially the more challenging and unpleasant ones. We try to push them down, out of sight and out of mind. But the harder we push these parts away, the more forcefully they return. Learning how to understand our experiences and needs can be especially challenging if aspects of ourselves do not fit dominant cultural or social values. The good news is that once we start understanding our unique needs, we are then able to begin meeting them directly. We are able to find compatible friends, partners, and communities and to cultivate a life that works for us rather than against us.