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About My Clients
My clients are self-aware people who know something needs to change — they just haven't been able to get there on their own. They're navigating anxiety, relationship patterns, life transitions, and the quiet exhaustion of holding it all together. Many have been in therapy before and want something deeper. They're ready to do real work, not just manage symptoms. They show up curious and honest. I meet them exactly where they are.
My Background and Approach
I'm a Licensed Therapist with a decade of experience, including over ten years as a psychology professor. I draw on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — two frameworks that work naturally together. EFT helps us explore the emotional patterns beneath the surface — the cycles driving anxiety, distance, or disconnection, and the protective responses that once made sense and now get in the way. ACT builds psychological flexibility — a different relationship with the hard stuff, and a clearer path toward what actually matters to you. Together they follow a natural arc: understanding where you've been, getting honest about where you are, and moving toward who you want to become. The therapeutic relationship is central to everything. I show up as a real person — curious, honest, and present. I've done my own work. I'm still doing it.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe you're not broken. The patterns that exhaust you made sense once — they were responses to real experiences, real relationships, real moments when something hurt or felt unsafe. Understanding that changes everything about how we work together. I believe the therapeutic relationship is the work — not just the setting for it. Research consistently shows it's the strongest predictor of whether therapy actually helps. More than any technique or modality. I believe in bringing all parts of a person into the room — your relationships, your history, your values, your questions about meaning and faith, your body, your creative life. The part you most want to leave at the door is often the most worth exploring. I work with people across the full spectrum of backgrounds, identities, relationship structures, and spiritual orientations. There's no version of you that needs to be edited before you walk through the door. You belong here. All of you.