I assume that everyone is doing the best they can to handle the uncertainties and ups & downs of life. People often seek my help when the approaches or strategies that have worked well for them in the past don't fit or help with current circumstances. Or perhaps the old approaches and strategies have always been fraught with problems and now it feels like the right time try to make fundamental changes. In either case, my goal is to collaborate and think together with you so that we can understand what is and is not working for you, why, and to help you come up with more satisfying solutions to your circumstances. My approach is interactive, warm, and direct. I want us to recognize and build on your strengths as well as understand your struggles. I emphasize safety, respect, honesty, and curiosity because these values that facilitate a trusting and collaborative therapeutic relationship.

Have you been thinking of making changes in your life? Telling yourself that you want to make changes and improvements to your self care, but putting it off? Prioritizing other people's needs and wants ahead of your own? Need someone to talk to who is nonjudgmental and approachable? Someone with great clinical skills, but also with a warm, personable approach? You may have found the counselor who can suit your needs. Please give me a call today to find out more. The focus of my work is using evidence-based mindfulness-informed therapy techniques to assist my clients on their journey to recover from anxiety, substance abuse, addiction, and alcoholism. I also work with family members and others affected by their loved one's chronic illnesses and other caregivers. I would love to talk to you about how I can help you in your growth process. As your therapist, you will find me non-judgmental, genuine, and respectful of your unique wisdom and worth as a human being. If you feel that we might be a good fit, please reach out for a free phone consultation. In the meantime, take good care of you.

Frustration is like an indicator light on your dashboard - it can tell you when something is going on that needs to be addressed. Ignore a low-fuel light, and you could wind up stranded; ignore frustration, and you could find yourself living a dissatisfied, disgruntled life for a long time. Therapy is a powerful tool that can help you move forward toward growth and wholeness. My practice is based on the idea that I can encourage growth and understanding by listening to and helping you move toward the life that you want. Through a nonjudgmental, empathic, and collaborative approach, we can work together to help you heal. It's essential to foster open communication and trust to enhance our collaboration. It takes strength and strategy to overcome challenging problems and difficult situations, but through working together, you’ll be able to do that with increasing success. Depending on the moment, I may suggest books, meetings, movies, and other tools that can help you find clarity and direction. My main goal is for you to become more fulfilled in your life. I help anxious children, teens, and adults feel understood again. I also offer family and couples counseling. To all my sessions, I bring a deep appreciation for connection and communication, and I seek to facilitate your growth in your relationships with others as well as yourself. Frustration doesn’t have to win the day. You can have peace. If you take the indicator light of frustration as a warning, and take steps toward resolving your frustration, you will find joy and calm on the other side.

I believe that it is important as a psychotherapist to approach the work from a place of groundedness in my perspective and orientation, while being flexible enough to understand where you as the client are coming from and what your individual needs are. I largely work from an analytically-based relational psychotherapy perspective, though believe it is useful and necessary to draw from different treatment models to come up with a plan together with my clients that feels constructive and valuable. I work hard to find a balance between meeting my clients where they are at emotionally, and listening closely for unconscious material that may be impacting their lives in counter-productive, emotionally painful, or even harmful ways. In addition, I come from a social justice and philosophy background which very much impacts my clinical perspective and approach with clients. I understand and have deep respect for the difficult and vulnerable place people can be in when they are searching for a therapist, and encourage people interested by my approach to call with any questions to see whether we'd be a good fit.

*Trauma-Informed Specialty EMDR Certified* I have 2 primary practice specialties, serving both men and women: *One of my passions is helping women and their families through the life cycle transitions of fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause. I also help womencouples through perinatal loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, etc.). Support for new dadspartners is also under this umbrella of psychotherapy. *Another subspecialty I provide is helping clients who are leaving toxic relationships and healing from narcissistic abuse. I just published by first ebook, Soul Vampires: Reclaiming Your Lifeblood After Narcissistic Abuse, and I've published several articles for on all my practice specialties, as well as for my own blog at I take a team approach to helping my clients feel empowered to develop their goals for recovering through depression, anxiety, griefloss, trauma andor life cycle transition. My philosophy is very strengths-focused and client-centered. I offer a compassionate listening ear and psycho-education, in addition to other avenues of intervention. I provide tele-health for clients who are geographically far (through Regroup Therapy and Simple Practice)

I specialize in treating adolescents and young adults, and also work with many individual adults. Areas of focus include anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicidal ideation, low self-esteem, life transitions, phase of life challenges, skill building (coping, social, stress-management), emotion-regulation, building self-awareness, and communication strategies (assertiveness trainingboundaries). Often, part of my treatment with adolescents includes working with parents to find an effective balance between setting and reinforcing limits and maintaining a positive relationship with their child(ren). While my therapeutic approach varies depending on the specific needs and goals of each client, I utilize techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Rogerian Therapy. Most importantly, I believe that connection is a driving force for positive change. I value the unique "story" of each individual with whom I work and am passionate about empowering others to create quality, meaningful lives.

Are you tired of the constant overwhelm? the critical voice pointing out everything you are not doing well? the inability to be heard by those you love? the fighting and frustration? the non-stop dissatisfaction with your relationships, your life? I help teens and adults resolve depression, permanently manage anxiety, and free themselves from the pain and shame of trauma by providing a safe, non-judgmental, and down-to-earth connection that cultivates comprehension, compassion, and true listening of your experience, your feelings, and your needs and wants. I walk alongside you, encouraging your curiosity, your deep desire to connect authentically so you can discover the roadblocks to fulfilling relationships, deep satisfaction, and real communication. When the roadblocks are removed, we celebrate your newfound resolve in re-claiming your life, joy, and relationships, your ability to breathe easier, and to walk lighter and with purpose. The right time is now, and it starts with you.

BETRAYAL TRAUMA When your partner (your primary attachment) has betrayed your trust and made you feel unsafe, it is so important to reach out for empathetic support and guidance. Using the APSATS model as a guide, I can help you develop a safety plan, develop tools to regulate emotions, and help you set appropriate boundaries that work for you and your set of circumstances. Each phase will help lead you to clarity and an understanding of how to care for yourself and get your desired outcome. If you are a couple trying to navigate this difficult process, my experience in betrayal trauma and 15 years of couples counseling, will be put to use to help you heal and develop the kind of relationship you have always wanted. It will take hard work, and it will take longer than you want, but it can happen! Partner betrayal trauma group for women (in-office), Monday 10-11:30 am, call for details and pricing. Partner betrayal trauma group for women (telehealth) TBD call for details and pricing

I am a compassionate, non-judgmental, honest, and down-to-earth therapist who has more than 20 years of experience in the mental health field. I have worked with families, couples, and individuals throughout my career, and I am genuinely interested in helping you with your concerns. I provide a secure, comfortable setting where you may explore your issues, express yourself freely, and reach your therapeutic goals. I offer effective treatment for a wide range of adverse issues such as anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, anger issues, relational challenges, and parenting issues. I am also very comfortable working with people from different age groups and ethnicities. A key component of successful therapy is finding a therapist who is a good match for you. I offer a FREE 15 minute telephone consultation. This will allow us to discuss your concerns, and find out how well we work together.

Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, sad, or stuck? Maybe you are facing a major life change, struggling in a relationship, coping with grief, managing stress, or dealing with health challenges, whether your own or those affecting someone you love. Whatever brings you to therapy, you do not have to face it alone. I provide a warm, supportive space where we can explore your concerns, identify your strengths, and develop practical strategies to help you make changes and feel better. Therapy is not about having all the answers. It is about creating space to understand yourself more fully, make choices that reflect what matters to you, and respond to life’s ups and downs with greater confidence and self-compassion. Many of the people I work with spend so much time caring for others that they have little time or energy left for themselves. Together, we will make sense of what is happening, build on what is already working, and find ways to cope more effectively with life’s challenges. My style is warm, supportive, collaborative, and practical. I listen carefully, ask thoughtful questions, and help clients identify patterns, clarify priorities, and develop strategies that fit their lives and values. I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, stress, relationship concerns, caregiving challenges, and life transitions.

I believe every individual is different and therefore there is not one approach that fits all people and all challenges. Therapy is a puzzle of trying to understand the core issues that need to be addressed, finding out the clients goals and then helping the client uncover their strengths which they will use to overcome adversity.

Most of what keeps people stuck isn't a lack of self-awareness. It's that awareness alone doesn't reach the places where patterns actually live - in the nervous system, in the body's automatic responses, in the dynamics that replay across relationships and years despite everything you already understand about yourself. My work is focused there. Not on building more insight, but on working directly with the patterns as they show up in real time, catching them in the moment, understanding what's underneath them, and creating the conditions for something to actually shift. With individuals, that means integrating somatic awareness, attachment work, and Enneagram alongside the relational and existential questions that don't fit neatly into a treatment framework. With couples, it means looking at what each person is bringing into the room — their nervous system, their history, their way of protecting themselves — and how those things collide. My style is warm and direct. I don't stay behind a professional wall because most people don't heal in a vacuum of neutrality. I bring myself into the room, and I think that matters. If you've done the work of understanding yourself and something still isn't shifting; that's exactly where this kind of therapy begins.