Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Are you tired of feelings those things in your body - the tightness in your chest, the butterflies in your stomach, the dread in your gut? Your heart starts pounding again. Your body feels tingly. Your thoughts are unsettling at best, and maybe even sometimes your mind races. Together, you and I look at you as a whole person to help increase your peace and quiet your anxiety. *I also offer evaluations for ADHD & Autism (ages 7+ for ADHD; 12+ for Autism) and parent coaching.
My Background and Approach
I enjoy keeping it real. I'll never ask you, "And how does that make you feel?" because it's both trite and patronizing. Sometimes an appropriately timed movie quote speaks volumes. I will ask about your pets. Please share with me your fandoms, they enrich us so. Also, your memes. I use a mixed bag of treatment approaches (mindfulness, CBT, body work, DBT, psychoanalysis) peppered with humor, deep empathy, and metaphors because rarely does one size fit most, and even then, it won't fit every session. "Know thyself" is a great goal for this work. You might be old enough to remember (or have seen on YouTube!), "The More you Know" PSA bits from NBC long ago. It's true - the more we know, the more we are aware, and the more we are equipped to handle the things that come our way. I'm here to see you as a whole person, and to help guide you on your healing journey. You're the expert on your life - I'm here to reflect, advocate, encourage, inform, challenge, and cheer for you.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
"We're all walking each other home." - Ram Dass "...myself, I always try to live within the light." - Horace Slughorn (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) All things great and small deserve dignity, respect, love, peace, and wholeness. We were built for wholeness, but life sometimes gets in the way. Above all, I want people around me to know that they are worthy. Not because of what they do. Not because of who they are. Not because of how they think.... Simply because they are. And by being, we are worthy.