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About My Clients
My clients are not afraid to get curious about themselves, try new things, and follow their unique path. They care about the emotional footprint they leave in relationships and want to explore how to relax into being better at connecting. Relax? Yes, because underneath the protective behaviors, you are wise, compassionate, playful, confident, and connected. What we’ll do together is help you remember who you really are and build relationships with parts who may have been forgotten.
My Background and Approach
Often, the clients I work with have lived through hardship or trauma and want to uncover the compassion, courage, and capacity for meaningful action that can become obscured by those experiences. Over time, they begin to see that their histories need not define or diminish them; the capacities they developed in response to their trauma can deepen empathy, spark creativity, and open new ways of understanding themselves and others. As clients come to know themselves more fully, reactivity often gives way to curiosity. They become more able to offer themselves what they have longed to receive, and to trust their own goodness, judgment, and capacity for connection. These shifts can change not only an individual life, but relationships, families, and the wider circles a person touches. It is a privilege to accompany that process.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My experiences have been rich and varied and not always easy, and the main thing they’ve taught me is, “People do well when they can.” The systemic approach to therapy acknowledges the countless ways we are affected by our many environments — internal, familial, cultural, physical, societal, economic, political, etc. What we can do together is lovingly inquire about what is changeable and then go about supporting that change with deep trust in each person’s innate wisdom and wholeness. I don’t believe in one-size-fits-all therapy. I try to follow the person in front of me—their pace, their way of making meaning, and what seems most alive or important in the moment. My own life and my work with trauma have deepened my respect for both the suffering people carry and the remarkable creativity, resilience, and resourcefulness that can emerge in response to it. I aim to offer a relationship in which all of that can be met with curiosity, care, and room to unfold.