“You can’t change everything you face, but you can’t change anything until you face it.”

-James Baldwin

Modern therapy for teens, adults, couples and families.

Offering in-person sessions and TeleHealth. You choose.

I provide a safe, supportive and healing therapeutic space for teens, adults, couples and families who may be experiencing conflict, anxiety, depression, challenging life transitions, grief and loss, trauma, or addictions, to begin processing and gaining insight and skills to better navigate these challenges. Over time, if these experiences are not given space for processing and healing, it can lead to a variety of issues that can have profound effects on our mind and body, and begin to impact daily functioning, relationships, school and work, and overall health.

Together, we will build an understanding of how these experiences may be affecting you, identify the source of the symptoms, and help you find acceptance and self-compassion while discovering healthier ways to heal, connect and eventually thrive. Therapy is an individualized process, which means I meet you where you are and offer a supportive, nurturing place to address your individual needs and goals.

I believe we are all doing the best we can with what we know at the time. I also believe in the healing power of therapy, not only because it’s my chosen profession, but because of my own experiences on the other side of the client-therapist relationship. Through my work as a therapist, I strive to integrate social justice and equity, two values I learned at a young age, and thus my goal is to make counseling more accessible and less stigmatized. I structure my practice as private pay (meaning I accept cash, checks and credit cards), and offer sliding scale spots for those experiencing financial hardship.

See my fees and insurance page for more details.

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My Approach to Therapy

The therapeutic relationship is essential to our work together. Therefore, I offer a free 20-minute consultation to ensure I’m the right fit for you. I believe you are the expert in your own life and I am simply here to guide you along your journey of self-discovery toward clarity. I provide a safe, nurturing, compassionate space for you to process, build skills and heal. I use authenticity, humor, directness, warmth and a strengths-based approach to help you identify your unique gifts (we all have them), and build resiliency and self-confidence to enable you to face life’s challenges. Through holistic and integrative practices such as attachment theory, Relational Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Systems and Somatic Therapy, I will help you create more capacity to navigate the hard stuff and develop strategies to better manage the stressors of your history, relationships and daily life.

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Areas of Focus

  • Anxiety/Stress

  • Relationship challenges and family conflict

  • Perfectionism

  • Self-esteem and identity issues

  • Life transitions (puberty, college, divorce, career changes, empty nesting, retirement)

  • Traumas impact on the brain and central nervous system, and patterns of behavior

  • Addictions (substance use/abuse and impact on family system)

  • Grief and loss