I believe that difficulties in daily living are products of deep, unacknowledged psychological pain. I believe there’s healing from this as we make meaning of your experience.

Psychotherapy is a collaborative experience between clients and therapists, involving uncovering your experiences and learning how these thoughts and feelings impact your relationships. At times the process is straightforward as we work to develop practical strategies for managing the challenges of daily living. Yet the journey can also take unexpected turns as you learn truths about yourself and those in your life. We will use the information that we learn to tailor interventions unique to your situation. Psychotherapy can make use of all these events, increasing your ability to navigate the complexities of life and relationships, building your resilience and stability in the face of adversity, increasing your ability to manage and tolerate both joy and pain, and learning to experience more fulfilling relationships.

While I use psychodynamic theory to help us understand how your mind and emotions work, I also employ interventions using the following modalities: behavioral principles, mindfulness-based interventions, polyvagal-informed interventions, and existential thought. I use behavioral principles to help clients act and to identify aspects of the environment that promote or inhibit both helpful and unhelpful behaviors. Mindfulness-based interventions are used to enhance the ability to accept ourselves, encourage self-compassion, to identify how we respond to our environment, develop a more adaptive interaction with ourselves and our world, and to use stress-reducing strategies. Polyvagal-informed therapy helps clients to identify how the autonomic nervous system “remembers” our lived experience and informs us of safety or danger in the environment. This approach helps clients learn to manage their body’s response to stress in various forms. Finally, I use existential principles in the treatment of anxiety in all its forms. Existential forms of therapy help clients face life with courage, recognizing that they can survive what may come.

Whatever your situation, I can help you become more resilient, grounded, and stable. I will help you learn to better manage your emotions and experience more fulfilling relationships. Together, we will discover the truth of yourself; this journey takes courage, and I look forward to getting started with you.