Services
- Individual
- Couples
- Adolescent/Teen
About My Clients
Do you feel like no matter what you do, it will never be enough? When you close your eyes and hope for quiet, are you bombarded by a million reminders of all the tasks you have to do, the ways you have to be, or thoughts of a devastating experience? I specialize in helping clients find their center when life becomes anxiety-producing, depressing, or tragic. Feeling out of control in any way can be alienating and confusing. I look forward helping you find the best path onward for you.
My Background and Approach
Modern life can feel like a hot mess—and sometimes it feels that way because it is. Do you want help exploring and honoring yourself and what matters most to you? Finding your center in the mess? My goal is to help you find meaning while surrounded by obstacles and during challenging transitions. My main approach is through depth work. In other words, I believe that by exploring ourselves deeply, we can find the roots of patterns that no longer serve us, discover what gives us a sense of meaning, and use that information to live more in harmony with ourselves. Having said that, sometimes our upheaval is so great that we need to put ourselves back together before diving into the depths, and I’m here with you for that, too. I lean hard into psychoanalytic and existential work for making sense of the "why" and the "what next," and I like mindfulness exercises and DBT tools for being okay in the moment.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
My path to psychotherapy was paved in a long personal history of atypical values and experiences. I grew up in a polyamorous household, for instance, and have been an immigrant two to three times, depending on how you count it. I have also practiced yoga for over 20 years (and taught it for seven). My atypical background plus my yoga practice have developed in me a philosophy that there is no "wrong" way to be as a person. Everything you are and do happens for a reason and in context. AND, it continues to happen: people are fluid and dynamic, so of course you will continue to grow and change. The job of therapy is to help you know how to grow and change in a way that is in harmony with your nature and the person you want to be, rather than to judge what kind of person you should be. I really will accept you as you are, while challenging you to step more fully into yourself.