Services
- Individual
- Couples
About My Clients
You are the expert on your experience. Yet, there may be unhelpful beliefs inhibiting a full, thorough exploration of that experience. My approach is one of curiosity: when I hear absolutes that may be walling off access to one's experience (for example, "I'll never be good enough"), I will spend time validating the emotional charge behind those statements while gently challenging them and integrating evidence that contributes to a fuller, more accurate, less shame-based view of self.
My Background and Approach
In my work with clients and while running an intensive outpatient group therapy program, I have worked with trauma survivors, people with OCD, bipolar I/II, borderline personality disorder/complex PTSD, depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal ideation, grief, social anxiety, and many other stressors. While identifying areas of focus can feel daunting, it's essential to illuminate their existence and impact on our lives so we can respond with curiosity, compassion, and helpful coping. This illumination process is gradual and is not meant to overwhelm. Your discovery (or rediscovery) and exploration of you is only possible by going at the pace that you set, in a context where you feel supported. I always refer to myself as a peer with some school, infusing the process with the compassion and empathy that I received as a client. Insights gleaned during my own therapy are in no small part why I became a therapist, and the help I received continues to motivate me to do this work.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I have a special passion for working with those who have suffered abuse within charismatic, evangelical church contexts. In my view, this is an under-discussed topic and under-served population of folks that need a supportive space to process. My goal is to create a space in which past wounds--whether thematically similar to those I've described, or altogether different--are treated with attentive care and support.