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About My Clients
My clients often speak of feeling stuck, for all they've tried to create change, the patterns feel intractable. They also speak of feeling like no one gets them. This creates an ache and a longing. By fully seeing them, I hope we can build the trust necessary to feel safe being vulnerable with me and more importantly with those closest to them. I believe therapy can be a reparative experience, where the missing or painful parts of our past can be soothed by the new.
My Background and Approach
I believe that no one is broken. I believe that relationships hold the key to healing, even those relationships that feel like they are unraveling. Clients come to me because they want to feel differently, within themselves or in their partnership. In my work with individuals, I lean into the parts work of Internal Family Systems and the somatic rewiring of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, which focuses on the wisdom of the body to access the often hidden memories of our painful experiences. In my work with couples, I begin with the framework outlined in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). EFT hones in on the negative interactional cycle between partners. I also lean into several techniques to improve communication between partners. We slow interactions down and each partner is first responsible for listening and then asking clarifying questions. Couple or individual client, my work is all trauma-informed, attachment-based, and relational.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I love working with clients who are committed to deepening self-awareness. Maybe they have already done a lot of work of themselves. Yet they find themselves unable to change their daily emotional experience or create the change they want in their lives. I love working with couples who can access compassion for each other even amidst tumultuous times. Knowing that whether they stay together or not they both want happiness for the other. I love any client who can flip between their analytical mind and their emotional/vulnerable one. I believe humans have the potential for incredible compassion drawn from an innate emotional intelligence and inherent kindness. Those beliefs give me hope an optimism every time I sit down with "you."