Style and Approach

My therapeutic style is warm, down-to-earth and often direct. I love incorporating humor into sessions and aim to approach clients with gentle curiosity and compassion, listening intently and with sensitivity to your emotional needs. I believe in the importance of a collaborative therapeutic dynamic in which you are the expert of your life story and I am here to support you in navigating what you want to come next from a mental wellness perspective. Together we will sit down and unravel the complexities of being human in order to get to the root causes. The process is unique to you based on your specific needs and goals for therapy. My hope is that you will experience growth in the form of expanding self-awareness, cultivating self-compassion and empowerment, shifting perspectives, and letting go of unworkable patterns in order to move in a more meaningful and intentional direction. Feeling “not good enough” or “paralyzed” by emotion doesn’t have to rule your life.

I pull from a variety of evidence based modalities which allows me to treat each person both individually and wholly. These approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Attachment Theory, and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). These modalities allow me to use a trauma-informed and process-based lens. In session this may translate to: 

  • taking a closer look at underlying patterns of thoughts, emotions and behavior and how they impact your life 

  • noticing and naming emotions, how they show up in your body, and the information they are giving you

  • identifying current coping strategies and how they are/are not serving you

  • developing skills for managing difficult thoughts and emotions

  • exploring values and how they are guiding your life choices 

  • discussing patterns in relationships and how they are working or not working

  • exploring attachment style and family of origin relationships

  • exploring effective boundary setting and communication skills

  • processing difficult and overwhelming life experiences,

  • exploring how past experiences are affecting you presently, 

  • practicing self-compassion.

The therapeutic process is about working on what is important to you. Together we will decide what that looks like.