What's My Approach to Therapy?
If you’re reading this, you might be carrying more than you feel you should have to carry alone. Maybe you’ve tried to push through, stay strong, or make sense of things on your own, but something in you is saying it’s time for real support. I want you to know that you’re not “too much,” you’re not broken, and you don’t have to keep doing this by yourself.
I show up as a real person in the room with you—warm, grounded, and fully invested in understanding your inner world. Together, we slow things down, make space for the parts of you that are hurting, and explore what’s driving your emotions, patterns, and symptoms. My work integrates medication management with psychotherapy in every session, because I believe healing happens most fully when both the mind and the nervous system are supported.
You’ll notice that our work is collaborative. I won’t talk at you or hand you generic advice. Instead, we explore your story together, with curiosity and compassion. I often use Internal Family Systems (IFS), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) principles, and other trauma-informed approaches to help you move toward clarity, grounding, and real change. Many of my clients are navigating identity, faith, relationships, or the impact of past trauma, and I hold those experiences with care and respect.
My goal is to help you feel understood, supported, and empowered—not just stabilized, but genuinely connected to who you are and where you want to go. You bring your lived experience, and I bring the clinical tools. Together, we build something that can truly help you heal.
My Practice & Services
Leaf Psychiatry is built around a simple belief: life doesn’t have to hurt. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, identity concerns, or a sense of emotional overwhelm, you deserve a space where your pain is taken seriously and your healing is supported with care and intention.
My practice combines thoughtful medication management with real, meaningful psychotherapy in every session. I don’t rush appointments or rely on quick fixes. Instead, we slow things down, talk through what’s actually happening in your life, and work together to understand what your mind and body are trying to communicate. This integrated approach helps you find clarity, steadiness, and relief that lasts.
Leaf Psychiatry is a fully virtual practice serving adults and teens, making it easier for you to access support from the comfort of your home. New clients start by requesting an appointment through our patient portal. After selecting a time, you’ll receive all intake forms. Once completed, your appointment is officially secured, and we begin building your care plan.
Beyond individual sessions, I collaborate with other providers when helpful, offer guidance for navigating faith and LGBTQ+ identity concerns, and support people who are healing from difficult or invalidating experiences. My work is grounded in compassion, curiosity, and a genuine belief in your capacity to heal.
At Leaf Psychiatry, you’re not just a diagnosis or a collection of symptoms. You’re a whole person with a story, strengths, and hopes. And you don’t have to navigate your struggles alone because life doesn’t have to hurt.
Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With
I help people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, or weighed down by the past. Many of my clients come to me because they?re tired of trying to manage everything on their own and want a deeper, more supportive approach. I frequently work with:
Anxiety and chronic worry
Depression and mood instability
Trauma and PTSD
Emotional overwhelm and difficulty regulating feelings
Struggles with identity, self-worth, and belonging
LGBTQ+ concerns and navigating faith or spirituality
Relationship stress and attachment wounds
Obsessive thoughts, compulsions, or rumination
Burnout, work stress, and compassion fatigue
Sleep concerns and stress-related physical symptoms
I?m especially skilled at working with people who have been through difficult or invalidating experiences ? whether in their families, relationships, workplaces, or faith communities. No matter what you?re facing, you don?t have to do it alone.
My Therapy Focus
My therapy focus is helping you understand the parts of yourself that are hurting and why. Together, we explore your emotions, patterns, and experiences in a way that feels supportive, grounding, and safe. I slow down with you, help you make sense of what?s going on beneath the surface, and create space for real healing to happen.
I focus on trauma, anxiety, identity concerns, and the emotional weight people carry when they?ve had to stay strong for too long. I integrate psychotherapy into every session, so you always have room to talk, process, and reconnect with yourself. My goal is to help you feel more regulated, more understood, and more hopeful ? because life doesn?t have to hurt.
