Individual Therapy

My Approach

I use a depth therapy approach. I invite you to learn more about my approach and how it is different from other therapies here, and you can read about my specialties here.

How My Approach Can Help You

• If you are used to swallowing your feelings and avoiding conflict at all costs, we can work together to undo this habit. Emotional suppression is a habit we pick up as kids as a way to keep ourselves safe, but it doesn’t serve us as adults. Adults are expected to be able to say no and advocate for their needs — learning to do so can make a big boost to your self-esteem.

• If you carry around a mountain of trauma but you don’t want to burden anyone with it, we can create a space for you to process what’s happened and to separate what you’ve experienced from who you are. Trauma can completely morph a person’s self-perception; part of the work is being re-grounded in an accurate and compassionate perception of who you are.

• If you’re sensitive — someone who may tear up easily or become reactive at perceived criticism — we can help you re-define your relationship with your sensitivity. It doesn’t have to be a source of shame, you can learn to leverage your sensitivity for good. We can help you cultivate compassion and understanding for the scars that get re-opened in moments of sensitivity.

• If you struggle with social anxiety, we can help you practice better social hygiene (identifying your needs and expressing them, not withdrawing when anxious, clarifying when you’re confused or hurt). We can also help you find your authentic voice — as social anxiety, at it’s core, is feeling like you need to be someone other than yourself in order to be accepted.

• If you’ve been depressed as long as you can remember, we can help you get to a why for change, a real reason to change that doesn’t start with should. Folks with chronic depression know what they should do, but they can’t get themselves to do it and there’s a good reason why. If your beliefs are that you don’t deserve anything good, that you’re lazy, and that you always screw things up — you’re going to act congruently until you start to see yourself differently, more compassionately and realistically.