Approach
Thank you for your interest in my practice!
As a psychotherapist, my hope is to help you move toward a meaningful, vital, and fulfilling life. I don’t aim, as a therapist, to make you more like me (or anyone else), but instead I hope to learn about who you are, and to partner with you to help you gently and deeply heal and grow.
My clinical approach is eclectic (meaning I can look at clients through several different therapeutic/theoretical lenses), relational (a belief that the relationship between therapist and client is important and a source of transformation and growth), transparent (if you have questions or curiosities just ask, therapy doesn’t have to be mysterious or tricky) and emotionally focused (meaning I am curious about your feelings not just thoughts or beliefs). I often say to my clients that I aim to do “full-consent psychotherapy” , and believe my clients are partners in the therapy, not passive recipients of my service.
I have been informed by Dynamic Enriched Experiential Psychotherapy (DEEP), the NeuroAffective Relational Model of therapy, mindfulness, psychodynamic psychotherapy, attachment theory, and theories of development.
Because no two people are alike, my work with every client is different. I consider it the pleasure of a lifetime to tailor my approach to the particulars of each of my clients, and to partner with folks for exploration, growth, and healing.