I am grounded in the roots of existential psychotherapy and place great importance on our abilities to co-create our worlds and relationships. My approach focuses on cultivating your mental health wellness by identifying your values and needs and continually building an active presence through intentional actions and compassionate relfections. By examining and evaluating your lived world and critically reflecting on your experiences, you can take intentional steps toward a deeply connected sense of self and well-being.
I work with children aged 6+ and use a combination of play, art, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) strategies to alleviate symptoms of anxious thoughts and feelings, depressive moods or suicidal thoughts or feelings, emotional dysregulation, familial conflict, and/or bullying and social isolation.
I welcome collaboration with the family through periodic check-ins and combined sessions to foster a welcoming space for healthier thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Children grow in their environments, so the more compassionate and consistent care we can provide, the better the environment for healthy maturation and resilience for your child!
I work with teens who struggle with regulating their moods, forming healthy friendships, and setting and maintaining assertive boundaries, I utilize a combination of evidenced-based modalities through free-form talk therapy or through the use of arts to help identify and live out their identity with respectful boundaries and pride in their value creation and development. I have found teen therapy to be a significant space for them to explore and strengthen who they are and take steps to become the adults they want to be.
Are you struggling to understand one another? Do you feel like you're focusing on past resentments instead of building loving memories? My approach combines my training in relationship-specific modalities, including the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the attachment theory, with my training in individual-centered work deconstructing perspectives and preferences, highlighting the ruptures and any harmful patterns, and building effective and respectful communication and physical and emotional regulation skills. Our work together may sometimes feel challenging, vulnerable, and healing throughout the process of repairing and rebuilding foundations of trust, reciprocity, and attunement.
All love & lifestyles are welcome: Dating, Marital, & LGBTQIA+