My Approach to Helping
My approach is strengths-based, trauma-informed, feminist, and anti-racist. My approach is also informed by attachment and psychoanalytic theories and techniques. My goal and hope is that we work towards building a safe environment in which you feel truly understood. From the strength and safety of our relationship together, can come challenge and, ideally, long-lasting change.
More Info About My Practice
In addition to individual and relationship counseling, I also work with new therapists around case consultation. And I lead groups and believe strongly in the power of group therapy to facilitate long-lasting, deep change.
How Psychotherapy Can Help
Oftentimes it can be difficult to truly appreciate your strengths. Maybe it's even hard to know what they are. Psychotherapy can help you notice them, as well as the patterns within yourself that make them hard to see. It's as if we need help holding a mirror up to our stronger, healthy, happy parts.
Had a Negative Therapy Experience?
Having a negative experience in therapy can be traumatic. After all, a therapist is supposed to be helpful, compassionate, and understanding. As in any profession, there are practitioners who are more or less effective at their work. Yet, negative therapy experiences can help inform us of what we don't want in a therapist - and this knowledge can be very helpful in searching for the right fit. A good fit between therapist and client is essential and I strongly encourage clients to be patient and persistent in their search for someone they feel truly understands them and wants to help.