DISCOVER WHO YOU ARE AND CREATE A LIFE OF MEANING

MY APPROACH

With over ten years of experience creating meaningful therapeutic relationships that lead to lasting changes, I take a trauma-informed approach, integrating psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, somatic, and existential theories to increase self-awareness, healing, and growth. This is done through an exploration of how you face the inherent anxieties that go along with human existence, and a deep exploration of your intrapsychic world and the experiences that have shaped it. An integral part of therapy is the development of a safe and trusting relationship between you and I, where you can feel safe to express yourself and learn that you are accepted and respected in whatever state you may be in.

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This work involves improving self-awareness through the reflections and interpretations I make from what comes up in session. Often this entails identifying and making sense of patterns in your life that you may not be conscious of, and finding ways to change them. In discovering parts of yourself you were unaware of, we can work toward integration so you can feel whole. Much of the deep changes that occur stem from making what was unconscious conscious. This is the path toward freedom from oppressive ways of being that were learned early in life and may be sabotaging your ability to feel empowered and comfortable in your own skin. An outcome of this form of depth therapy is to be happily engaged in the world, using your energy effectively and meaningfully, and connecting deeply with others to form healthy, lasting relationships.

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Bringing my training and experience working with adults with complex trauma, I help folks with trauma backgrounds toward their goal of reclaiming themselves and finding ways to feel liberated from harmful past experiences. Integrating somatic approaches and polyvagal theory alongside psychodynamic technique, I will help you improve your relationship with your emotions to feel safer in your body and more confident in the world.​

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I also have a special interest in the mind-body connection. In particular, the intersection between trauma, neurodivisity, and autoimmune disease. Research indicates there is significant interplay between our psychological experiences and physical health, especially in terms of etiology and prognosis. I bring my knowledge of what's known as "neuropsychoimmunoendocrinology"into my work to benefit clients who also have physical issues that may relate to psychological functioning.