My Approach
Understanding Your Inner World, One Conversation at a Time.
My work is grounded in an integrative, holistic approach to psychotherapy, drawing on multiple ways of understanding emotional, relational, and embodied experience. Therapy is shaped by what emerges in the therapeutic relationship and what feels most relevant for you.
Therapy is a collaborative process informed by your unique history, nervous system, values, goals, and lived experience. Because of this, my work is not manualized or one-size-fits-all. Therapy remains flexible and responsive, evolving over time rather than following a predetermined structure.
A core part of our work is psychodynamic, meaning we explore how past experiences, relationships, and patterns continue to influence your present life. This reflective process supports deeper insight, increased self-awareness, and greater choice in how you navigate relationships and everyday challenges.
My practice is neuro-affirming and trauma informed, meaning differences in thinking, feeling, and processing are respected rather than pathologized. Therapy is adapted to your nervous system, communication style, and pace, with no expectation to mask, perform, or fit a narrow norm. Safety, autonomy, and consent guide the work we do together.
When helpful, therapy may also include practical tools and strategies to support emotional regulation, communication, boundary-setting, or navigating specific situations. These are offered thoughtfully and collaboratively, always in service of the broader therapeutic work. Practical support and deeper exploration work together to support meaningful, lasting change.
At the heart of my approach is supporting people in reconnecting with their values and sense of authenticity—particularly when long-standing coping strategies or external expectations have shaped how they relate to themselves and others. Change is understood as a gradual process that unfolds through reflection, awareness, and choice, rather than something imposed or rushed.
Modalities
I draw on a range of therapeutic approaches, using them flexibly rather than as fixed treatments, guided by what feels most supportive for you.
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Explores how past experiences and relationships influence how you think, feel, and relate in the present.
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Draws from multiple therapeutic approaches, adapting our work to your unique needs, goals, and lived experience.
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Supports processing of traumatic experiences while prioritizing safety, pacing, and choice.
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Emphasizes a warm, collaborative relationship where you feel heard, respected, and supported in your own growth.
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Explores how early relationships shape emotional patterns and how you relate to yourself and others today.
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Encourages greater awareness of thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations to support presence, regulation, and self-understanding.
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Offers practical skills to support emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and navigating relationships more effectively.
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Adapting therapy to your unique way of thinking, feeling, and processing, rather than trying to change or “fix” you.
