My Approach to Helping
When your relationship hits a rough patch, or is chronically stress-filled, it can feel hopeless. You wonder if you are over-reacting and question yourself without a clear direction. It’s exhausting. You wonder why these toxic relational dynamics keep coming up.
You may have recently experienced a big relationship change like a breakup, separation, or divorce, and know you can't ignore the feelings of anxiety, self-doubt, and overwhelm any longer. Or maybe you are still in a relationship that you know deep down is unhealthy, but unsure how to change it.
You’ve tried to find answers to guide you in better ways to communicate, assert your needs, be heard, understood, feel valued and respected by your current or future partners, but nothing has worked so far. That’s where I come in. I help adults build confidence in developing new fulfilling lives that prioritize their values, boundaries, and needs.
I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist that works with individual adults who need the guidance to navigate out of the negative patterns in their relationships and into peaceful and satisfying connections with others.
I offer individual psychotherapy for adults to help dig deep into the origins of their relationship patterns. My clients report that working with me leads to having those “ah-ha” moments that bring awareness into the why and how of your current situation- so that you can develop new relational behaviors that better meet your needs.
I help my clients with:
Quiet confidence to navigate the relationship challenges you are facing
Trusting your gut to lead you in the right direction (no more second guessing yourself)
Seamlessly advocating for yourself in an effective manner (so you are finally heard and understood)
I primarily utilize Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a modality to help my clients. While I utilize several different approaches with my clients to create a personalized therapeutic treatment plan (including attachment theory, depth therapy, trauma-based interventions), my overall view of helping my clients in through this ACT approach.
I think good therapy results in knowing yourself so well that you naturally begin making decisions that are in alignment with your values, needs, and goals. Everything else falls into place from there. This is the core of what ACT is.
You can finally let go of the anger, sadness, anxiety, self-doubt, and resentment that clouds your current daily life.
Yes, this is possible! And I am here to help.