Welcome.  Looking for help takes a lot of courage, and you’ve taken the first step.  I’ve created this website so you might have an idea of how I work, and to give you an idea of whether I might be the right fit for you at this time.  

While troubles from the past and present can cause people to feel injured or “stuck,” I believe we all have an innate healing system in our psyche, akin to that of our skin and bones, and it is my aim to help people enable this healing system and prevail through life’s challenges.  Too often people feel engaged in a long struggle for "self improvement," when it is really compassionate, connected awareness that brings deep transformation.

Therapy with me is a collaborative process that helps people develop a sense of freedom and flexibility in their lives, to increase a sense of choice and self agency, and to work towards personal liberation in all its forms.  I am a Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapist and I apply IFS to relationship therapy through the model of Intimacy From the Inside Out, or IFIO.  My clinical background is grounded in relational psychodynamic therapy, and when appropriate I also use EMDR, mindfulness based techniques, polyvagal and somatic work.  

Therapy is not about “having something wrong with you,”  In fact, most of our troubles can be summed up as normal reactions to abnormal situations.  When we listen deeply and meet the needs of different parts of our system, new pathways present themselves before us.  Usually problematic behavior or stuck feelings have been really right at one time, maybe self protective and even life saving.  At times, we might safely revisit the formation of old strategies to release and unburden them.  

What people talk about here is as unique as their fingerprints: relationships; work; stress/anxiety/perfectionism; trauma and complex trauma; dissociation; depression; substance abuse; sexuality/gender/identity; parenting; and anything else on their minds.  

Most people I’ve worked with would say that what I do is offer a safe place to talk, be heard, and heal.