individual psychotherapy

What is Psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy offers a path to meaningful change, though the journey isn’t always easy. As you begin this process you may uncover buried emotions and experience feelings you haven’t felt in a long time. This can be challenging, but it also increases the opportunity for living a more authentic life and allows you to connect more deeply to yourself and others.

Understanding yourself through therapy is often a complex and evolving process. This journey may lead you to revisit issues you believed were resolved and discover new insights as we dig deeper. Together, we will explore the patterns and emotions that feel repetitive and limiting in order to understand the root causes of what’s keeping you stuck. As your therapist I will provide a space that is dedicated to your own path and allows for more connection and choice in your life. 

 

How I Work

I draw from relational, psychodynamic, and somatic techniques to create an integrative experience. By working relationally, we can explore the impact of your relationships to help you build more supportive and meaningful connections. Through psychodynamic work, we can delve into how your past experiences and the surrounding sociopolitical context have shaped your current thoughts, feelings, and patterns. With somatic techniques, we can pay attention to your internal sensations, using them as a gateway to understand and address unresolved feelings or inner conflicts. Combining these techniques can provide a deeper understanding of your emotional landscape, enhancing your capacity for joy and a more meaningful life.

 

Who I Work With

  • People with a history of childhood abuse, neglect, or abandonment

  • People who assumed the role of the parentified child or had to take on adult responsibilities too quickly

  • People who are sober, sober curious, or seeking harm reduction strategies

  • People who struggle with impulsivity, compulsions, and self-sabotage

  • Queer and LGBTQ+ people, including transgender and gender non-confirming people

  • Survivors of sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse

  • People trying to manage conflict, deepen intimacy, and feel greater ease in their relationships

  • People experiencing a quarter life crisis or life transitions

 

Clinical Focus

  • Codependency

  • PTSD and c-PTSD

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Grief and loss

  • Relationship Issues

  • Self-esteem

  • Shame and guilt

  • Spiritual or existential issues

“The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing what it is that one has lived through”

- James Baldwin