Accepting new clients!

Accepting new clients!

Psychotherapy

  • Think of therapy like working with a personal trainer, but for your brain and nervous system. Just as a trainer helps you build physical strength and endurance, therapy can help you develop emotional resilience and mental well-being. While the therapist doesn’t do the work for you, they do guide you through the process, teaching you techniques to handle stress, challenges, and setbacks. Some sessions may feel tough, like an intense workout. But over time and with active participation, you get stronger and more equipped to handle life’s difficulties. Just like physical training, mental and emotional growth requires commitment, but the results are a healthier, more balanced you.

  • When working with clients, my first priority is creating a safe space founded on trust, inclusivity, acceptance and understanding. Healing happens when we feel safe, seen, soothed and secure. Here you can expect an open mind and a non-judgmental environment.

    As a relational therapist, I use a collaborative approach where we are equal partners in the healing process. We'll share responsibility for identifying goals, making decisions, and finding solutions. Through open communication and continuous feedback, we'll leave what isn't working and find what does.

    In the room, I am playful, warm, curious and compassionate. You'll be encouraged to get comfortable - kick off your shoes, grab a blanket or lie down on the couch if you dare! I believe in the healing power of laughter and welcome witty banter, memes, and silly photos of your pets <3

    • Adolescents

    • Adults

    • College Students

    • Young Professionals

    • 2SLGBTQIA+

    • Black & Indigenous People Of Color (BIPOC)

    • Queer & Trans People Of Color (QTPOC)

    • Neurodiverse Individuals

    • Empaths & "Highly Sensitive" People

    • Intellectuals

    • ADHD

    • Anxiety

    • Autism

    • Complex Trauma

    • Family Unacceptance

    • Gender Identity

    • Grief & Loss

    • Mind-Body Connection

    • Nervous System Regulation

    • Perfectionism

    • Self-Esteem

    • Sexuality

    • Shame

    • Stress

    • Relationship OCD (ROCD)

    • Relationships & Intimacy

    • Transgender Concerns

    • Trauma

I am particularly well-suited to support adolescents & adults who...

  • are seeking to reclaim their voice and speak their truth

  • desire more meaningful relationships with themselves and others

  • experience difficulty with emotional regulation and stress management

  • struggle building structure necessary to achieve their goals

  • are navigating relationship conflict—whether romantic, platonic, or familial

  • are interested in deepening their mind-body connection

  • want to explore how trauma and attachment have shaped their internal and relational experiences

Frameworks

  • I address broader social and systemic factors impacting mental health, recognizing and challenging injustices and inequalities that affect your life.

  • I am affirming & understanding of gender and sexual diversity.

  • I implement strategies used to offer practical support and minimize the negative consequences of risky behaviors, focusing on well-being rather than behavior change alone.

  • I will assist you in fostering and embracing a positive view of well-being and body image, regardless of size.

  • We’ll work together to explore and navigate feelings of shame, and grow your senses of self-acceptance and connection.

Modalities: Types of Therapy

  • Relational (or Relational-Cultural) therapy emphasizes the importance of relationships and culture and their influences on an individual's well-being. This modality aims to build an individual’s sense of self and agency, as well as patience with and trust in others. Clients learn about boundaries, compromise, and healthy balance in relationships to help promote stability and security in their lives.

  • Interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) is heavily rooted in attachment theory, and describes how the brain develops and functions based on a person's relationship with their mind, body, and others. This modality places the process of integration at its center. This involves the linkage of separate aspects to one another, such as thought with feeling and bodily sensation with logic. In relationships, integration entails each person being respected for their autonomy while at the same time being linked to others in empathic communication. IPNB promotes compassion, kindness, resilience, and well-being in our personal lives, our relationships and our communities.

  • Narrative therapy is a style of therapy that helps people become and embrace being an expert in their own lives. In narrative therapy, there is an emphasis on the stories that you develop and carry with you through your life. As you experience events and interactions, you give meaning to those experiences and they, in turn, influence how you see yourself and the world. Narrative techniques help clients put together and deconstruct their "narrative" or story, externalize the problems they face, and widen their view through alternative perspectives.

  • Internal Family Systems or IFS views the mind as made of multiple different "parts" that can have healthy and unhealthy roles. This modality aims to help people heal from past trauma by identifying and accepting their "parts". Goals of IFS therapy include liberating "parts" from roles they've been forced into, restoring trust in the "Self", re-harmonizing "parts" that are in conflict with one another, and empowering the "Self" to lead in all parts of life.

  • Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative approach that helps people to find the internal motivation in changing behavior. This is an empathetic process that acknowledges the difficulty of making life changes and is designed to empower people to change by drawing out their own meaning, importance and capacity for change.

  • Expressive Arts Therapy uses various art forms to help people heal, grow, and express themselves. This approach is a combination of traditional psychotherapy and tapping into creative processes to assist in discovering and expressing emotions in a safe, non-judgmental setting. Examples of the various art forms used are storytelling, reading or writing poetry and literature, making memory books, videos and life maps, playing, creating, and listening to music, writing lyrics, improvisation or theater, drawing, painting, etc.

  • Somatic healing uses body-centered techniques that connect mind, body and spirit to help heal the nervous system from distress. This is a practice of attuning to the sensations of the body and building inner resources that provide a greater sense of stability.