We all go through periods of intense stress, worry, or sadness. If you've been concealing parts of yourself in an attempt to cope with those feelings, therapy can help you grow through these experiences, toward fulfillment.
When a client brings me their story, we work together to understand it, through trust, humor, creativity, and perseverance. I respect each client's strengths, and believe they can harness their own potential to live a more aware and satisfying life. My style is warm and nonjudgmental, and I am a sex-positive therapist.
I've worked successfully with clients who are grappling with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma, family conflict, life transitions, pregnancy, parenting, self-esteem, and sexuality. I work with adults, adolescents and tweens.
I am a clinical social worker by training. This means I look at the whole person - their background, their experience, the culture around them - to understand the issue they've come to therapy to work on. I draw on various modalities that I feel would best fit the needs of my clients, including psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness, relational therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy. I also have postgraduate training in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP), clinical therapy with adolescents, in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).
I have experience with short-term crisis counseling as well as longer-term insight oriented work. We can build an approach that fits your needs, balancing the practical with the exploratory.