My Approach
I trained in psychodynamic and relational work. It means I tend to look beneath the surface of a feeling or pattern to understand where it comes from, while also paying close attention to what's happening between us, right here, as we talk. This was shaped early on by a year at my college clinic, which taught me how to really sit with a person in a room. To notice what or who walks in: a feeling, a memory, a silence still looking for its words. My work also draws on a psychosocial lens, which is to say I hold the person and their inner world, but also the world they come from, the ones that shaped them.
I have been in private practice for a little over a year now, working closely with adults navigating uncertainty and transitions, grief, loss, procrastination, identity, relationship difficulties, and anxiety, their relation with self and meaning making.
I believe therapy is fundamentally collaborative. You take the driver's seat, I accompany you and sometimes I will ask why we're taking this particular road. I also think of the room itself as a kind of rehearsal space, for the honesty, closeness, and conversations you're learning to hold elsewhere in your life.
Outside the therapy room, you'll usually find me admiring nature clouds, sunsets, that kind of quiet noticing. It gets even better with a book and a cup of tea nearby. And somewhere along the way, I seem to be turning into both a dog and a cat person.
