What's My Approach to Therapy?
Life can feel overwhelming when challenges like anxiety, OCD, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, or other issues show up. If you find yourself feeling stuck, therapy can offer support and guidance. I specialize in working with adults (18+) using modern, mindfulness-based therapies—especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)—to help people work more effectively with painful thoughts and feelings, clarify what matters most, and build the ability to move toward what they care about, even in the presence of obstacles. No matter what is going on for you, I believe you can live a full, rich and meaningful life.
Colleagues and former clients describe me as calm, kind, knowledgeable, playful, and understanding. I believe therapy should be a collaborative process tailored to your unique needs, and that it can actually be fun! I don't ask my clients to do anything I wouldn’t do myself, and I am committed to ongoing professional development.
My clients appreciate my collaborative, flexible approach, and combination of kindness and caring along with teaching practical skills. I offer a free 30 minute consultation so we can explore how we might fit together before committing to a first session. I would be honored to work with you in your growth journey, and I hope to get to meet you!
My Practice & Services
Here are some things that make my practice unique:
Formal Feedback: I use formal feedback forms to get feedback from clients before and after every session so that I know exactly how they are doing and how therapy is going; I am accountable to my clients and am always trying to learn how I can be more effective and helpful, and deeply care about our work being helpful
Expertise:
-I have advanced training in several types of "third wave" Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies, especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is a therapy that helps people clarify what matters most to them and take action towards those things, and learn practical skills to handle difficult thoughts and feelings that get it in the way. I am passionate about professional growth and learning, and I engage in ongoing professional training to grow my skills with both peers and senior experts in the field
-I have had a formal mindfulness meditation practice for years and have extensive experience with mindfulness skills training
Free Resources: As part of my work with clients, I offer many resources, such as original handouts related to therapy, recordings of guided meditation practices, free worksheets, and more.
Convenience:
-I offer therapy online, so you can conveniently meet with me from home, work, or wherever else you need to
-I offer a secure online portal to handle all paperwork, billing, and payment simply and easily.
Quality: I maintain a relatively small caseload so that I can provide high-quality care to my clients.
Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With
-Anxiety (including social anxiety, general anxiety, worrying, specific phobias, OCD, etc) and stress
-Self esteem issues and a harsh "inner critic"
-Low self-confidence
-Relationship issues (navigating committed relationships, close relationships, processing break ups, general loneliness, difficulty making friends or dating, etc)
-Men's issues - as a man who has greatly benefitted from working with a male therapist, I enjoy working with other men
-Issues related to Identity and values (knowing who you are and what you want to do with your life)
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