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services

together we can work on

  • SHAME

  • TRAUMA 

  • ANXIETY

  • DIVORCE

  • PARENTING

  • DEPRESSION 

  • BODY IMAGE 

  • INSECURITIES 

  • INTIMACY / SEX 

  • SELF SABOTAGING

  • LIFE TRANSITIONS   

  • RELATIONAL ISSUES 

  • EXISTENTIAL ISSUES

  • LOSS / GRIEF / DEATH

  • CHILDHOOD WOUNDS  

  • SELF ESTEEM / IDENTITY 

  • RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY

  • COMMUNICATION ISSUES

  • WORK / SCHOOL TROUBLE

"What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us."

H.D. Thoreau

Individual therapy

In individual therapy, clients create their own goals with the overarching idea that we are moving away from their problem-narrative into a strengths-narrative, with an emphasis on agency and achievements.

 

Despite working with a single individual, I look at clients within their social context: family, culture, religion, society, work, friendship, and relationships. Looking at an individual as a collection of numerous stories means we take into consideration their physical, intellectual, emotional, interactional, and spiritual parts. 

 

My job as a therapist is to help individuals figure out who they are, who they want to be, and what stands in the way. We pay close attention to problems they are facing, the history of those problems, how those problems are affecting them, and their control over those problems. We also pay close attention to clients’ expectations, such as where those expectations came from, how are they affecting them, and what they wish to change. Interventions are individually tailored for each client. Additionally, based on clients’ needs, I may incorporate somatic mindfulness, art, and drama techniques. 

Couples therapy
 

Like my stance in individual therapy, in couples therapy I aim to honor the individuals present within the room while acknowledging the unique relationship they have with one another. I see relationships as one part of the whole, and within couples therapy I hope to explore this further, as by discovering this piece, change is elicited.

 

Together, we will explore clients’ early relationships, attachments to primary caregivers, and how those relationships are affecting the way they connect and relate to others in present relationships. My focus is on the interactional patterns between the couple; specifically, what is going on inside, outside, and between the couple unit. I help clients recognize and change destructive patterns, develop a secure connection, heal childhood wounds with the aid of the other partner, reduce self-and-other-blame, regain intimacy, and teach them how to communicate their needs and feelings. 

“We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship.”
H. Hendrix

"We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us."
Virginia Satir
 

Parenting
 

I work with parents on raising their children so that they can create a family in which all members flourish and thrive, not just co-exist. What that means is that no member is concerned about power and performance, and instead prioritizes self-worth. I help parents become parents that are interconnected and responsive to one another and their children. Communication becomes growth-producing, feedback is constructive, change is allowed and desirable, and rules are up-to-date and flexible. Mistakes are used as a learning experience and are approached in a positive way using descriptive and non-judgmental language. 

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