My Approach to Helping
Before becoming a therapist, I worked in the healing arts and in program design for adolescents experiencing emotional challenges. In all these positions, I became aware of the need to care for the emotional wounds and distress that people carry, affecting their sense of self, their relationships, and leaving them wondering what is wrong with them. I returned to graduate school after raising four children as a single mom to become a therapist. I love being able to witness clients finding self-understanding and self-acceptance—discovering, valuing, and feeling comfortable in their authentic self. I find that this usually involves connecting our personal experience and meaning-making with both conscious and unconscious familial, social, and cultural influences that have shaped our beliefs about ourselves. My experience tells me that lasting change emerges from therapy that is collaborative, psychodynamic, and experiential, allowing you to experience yourself, your life, and your inner world differently.