My approach

  • Individuals: Whether it is your first time in therapy or you have engaged in years of therapy, I will meet you with a dedication to understanding you. Talking through things out loud, noticing passing feelings, recalling dreams or memories, and exploring what arises between us in the room can all be vital pathways to understanding your inner world.

  • Couples, dyads, and relationship therapy: Some of our most vivid and complex needs appear in the context of relationship. I approach relationship therapy as both a reflective laboratory to sort through the unconscious fears and hopes that sit beneath the surface of conflicts, as well as a place to consider new ways of communicating and understanding each other.

  • Youth and teens: I work with young people, especially those who are queer, trans, and gender-questioning. Therapy is a space to talk, vent, connect and explore your feelings on your own terms. We can talk about whatever feels challenging or confusing while celebrating who you are and what you want in your life.

You can read more about the frameworks that inform my style below.

Psychoanalytic

Psychoanalytic therapy is interested in the ways early experiences and forces shape the formation of the self. These can be dynamics within one’s family, community, or a broader systemic and structural context. We explore these formative elements by listening to conscious and unconscious thoughts, feelings, and associations in order to understand and attend to the current moment. While your experiences are a critical focus in our work together, I am not a blank slate or a neutral observer. I am present with you, engaging and experiencing with you in real time and sometimes sharing my own wonderings and curiosities.

Relational

At the core of therapy is a relationship – our relationship. At your own pace, we can explore how it feels to be in connection together. Sometimes this is about subtle ways of building understanding and recognition, and sometimes this is explicitly an exploration of what comes up in the room between us.

Somatic

Body-based psychotherapy or somatic therapy involves bringing attention to the physical sensations, movements, and impulses of the body in order to access foreclosed emotions and support new patterning.