My Approach to Helping
You don't feel like yourself, and maybe you can't remember what it was like to feel good, you just know that you can't keep doing this anymore. You go through your days trying to hold it all together and be who others seem to need you to be, and it's exhausting. You find yourself hiding what you really feel from the people around you because you know that if you let your guard down it would be “too much.” You feel unlovable or not good enough, and you want so much to be free of these feelings.
I get what this feels like, and I want you to feel free of this weight so that you can feel more confidence in yourself, more genuinely connected to the people you love, and more able to love yourself. As a therapist I will work with you to get to the roots of why you feel the way you do and address those roots in ways that will help you heal and grow. I can help you quiet the critical, negative voices, lift the weight of sadness and depression, and calm the worries that follow you
through every day. I will support you in healing the emotional wounds inside that you've carried for so long. My goal is not just for you to learn to cope with or manage difficult feelings, but to get to a place where you don't have to feel them so much anymore. I use a compassionate and gentle, but focused and deliberate approach to help you know yourself more and feel good about the person you are, and courageously hopeful for the person you can become.
I care deeply about therapy that brings genuine, compassionate understanding and healing to the areas of life where people are hurting, afraid, stuck, or frustrated. I believe everyone is capable of change and carries within themselves what they need for growth and healing no matter what. No one is fundamentally flawed or bad, but all of us pick up different messages from the people and cultures around us, as well as traumatic experiences, that can leave us believing that we are not enough, or that there is something shameful or wrong about us. I know what it is like to live with the self doubt, internal criticism, and the censoring and hiding of parts of yourself that come from these negative messages. I also know and trust from my own experience that change and healing are possible, and that the right support and a little bit of self compassion can go a long way. If you are interested in talking with me about how I can help, please reach out. I look forward to hearing from you.