What's My Approach to Therapy?
I am all about supporting people to live their best lives now by living in alignment with what truly matters. My approach to counseling focuses on reducing suffering and nurturing peace of mind. I help adults and professionals who struggle with anxiety and perfectionism. Many of my clients also struggle with depression, overthinking, people-pleasing, and feelings of inadequacy no matter what they do. I believe that resolving the feelings connected to our struggles is often the first step toward meaningful change. Many people feel shame or self-doubt when seeking help, and I understand the vulnerability that comes with opening up to someone new. In therapy, my goal is to create a safe, caring, and nonjudgmental space—one that allows clients to feel seen, supported, and unburdened. Time and again, I’ve witnessed how healing it can be to share one’s story and discover inner strength. Much of our pain stems from old beliefs or emotional wounds, often rooted in earlier experiences. That’s why I begin by fostering trust and safety—foundations that open the door to deep healing, transformative, lasting, and undeniable internal growth with external results.
I complete a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation in our first one to two sessions. We talk about diagnosis if that helps to conceptualize things in your mind. We co-create a plan to help you feel better and begin to move toward your goals. We discuss your ideas, hopes, fears, wishes, disappointments, regrets, traumas, joys, and losses—all as relevant for you. I take the whole person into account; I don't just treat symptoms, so your full context matters and will be accounted for—past, present, and future. I support you fiercely as your partner and ally, celebrating wins, challenging when necessary, and always treating you with respect and kindness.
I use colorful language and don't have a clinical facade that I hide behind. I am unapologetically real, authentic, and human in our sessions. I bring my full self in the same way I ask my clients to show up in session. Come as you are. I see you for who you are, and who you are becoming. I build on your strengths, identify what's working, what might need acceptance, and what we can change. I hold you accountable when needed, and cheer you on when that is helpful. Together, I've helped innumerable clients live their best lives beyond their wildest dreams, and I want to do the same for you. No cookie-cutter therapy here. I pride myself on creating customized treatment plans. I hope to create a relationship with you based in trust and compassion. Please reach out if you think I can help.