Something is asking to be listened to.

Therapy is a process and practice, not a product.

We explore current stressors, difficult emotions and memories, worries and hopes about the future, relationship patterns, emotional habits, and beliefs you have about yourself and others. Rather than treating these as flaws, we approach them honestly with openness, courage, kindness, and sometimes even humor, and ask: “what is truly needed?”

Therapy is often described through specific modalities and techniques. My integrative approach is grounded in rigorous clinical training, ongoing study, and direct experience with clients. I primarily draw from psychodynamic, relational, mindfulness-based, and compassion-focused approaches informed by the wisdom of Buddhist psychology. While these are useful frameworks, they are not formulas or short-cuts. Therapy is as much an art as it is a science.

The medicine for suffering is love.

For many, taking the step of starting or returning to therapy can be a radical and counter-cultural act of courage and self-care. The goal isn’t to fix. You’re not broken. The intention is to understand and relate to your struggles and strengths in new ways that reduce suffering and increase ease.

Being loving often requires gently touching into vulnerable and sensitive areas of fear, sadness, anger, shame, and loss. These painful feelings can gradually become sources of wisdom, strength, and meaning.

Therapy can help you cultivate more trust in yourself, more honesty in relationships, and more connection to your values, creativity, and sense of power. Instead of being controlled by worry, shame, or self-doubt, you can begin to recognize them as very human experiences that move through you and are not the whole story of who you are.

This work is collaborative, empowering, and guided by curiosity.

At its heart, I understand therapy as anchored by the relationship that develops between a client and a therapist. This relationship is held by trust, honesty, compassion, and shared humanity. And it develops over time.

Together, we slow down and pay close attention to what is happening beneath the surface. Rather than trying to simply get rid of unwanted thoughts, emotions, or memories, we first focus on more deeply noticing their presence and how you relate to them. With mindfulness, you can increase thoughts without being defined by them, feel emotions without becoming overwhelmed by them, and understand protective patterns of behavior without negatively judging yourself for having them.

If this feels like the kind of support you’re looking for, contact me to schedule a free 20-minute phone call to see if working together feels like a good fit.