Theories + Approaches

Whatever you’d like to spend your time with in therapy, I will always start with our relationship as client and therapist. It’s important to me that you feel known, safe, and genuinely cared for before I ever start participating in change. Positive evolution comes from the marriage of understanding and experience; in exploring your adaptations developed throughout life, we begin to understand how and why you show up in life the way you do. But knowledge alone is inadequate. We all need to experience the care we deserve, a different possibility, in order to alter our ways of being. This is what I aim to provide. And whether it’s the depths of your experiences or needing just to feel heard and your life, witnessed, my first priority is always going to be making this space feel like a home to you.

I utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches depending on each client need, and work to tailor my direction to what makes sense for and to you. I am drawn to holistic, systemic, and humanistic approaches. I typically utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Family Systems Theory, and Polyvagal Theory. I have also completed the Levels 1 & 2 trainings in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. I am hopeful that I can integrate flexibility and creativity into our work together with approaches like ecotherapy and yoga therapy for those to whom it is of interest. I am here to be human with you, in all its messiness and beauty, and hope that in doing so, we can facilitate meaningful wellness in your life.