Therapy is Collaborative

The therapist and the client both have roles and responsibilities in a therapeutic relationship. As the therapist, I show up authentically and ethically. I work to provide enough safety and empathy to support a client’s bravery and vulnerability. I utilize a mix of evidence-based interventions which can include; talk, play, and art therapies; dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and mindfulness; psychodynamic processing; and relationship-building. Treatment plans and interventions are tailored to each client’s unique personality and circumstances. My style is warm, curious, caring, and honest. In our work together you can expect a skillful mix of emotional holding and soothing, with growth-minded challenges and feedback.

Teens and Tweens

Raising teens is hard. The years from 11 to 18 are a time of big changes and big questions. Everyone struggles during this developmental phase, and some of us need extra care to arrive at adulthood ready to thrive. Parental participation in treatment is essential.

Families

In our stratified, fast-paced society most families do not have the support and resources they need to flourish. I would be honored to journey alongside your family in order to alleviate your unique suffering. Together, we can build resilience while cultivating healthy, fortifying relationships. Family treatments may include sessions with all family members, parent(s) only, or sessions with various duos and trios as needed.

Sessions include family activities, talk and play therapy, and enactments. Together we work to identify and shift existing patterns, develop strategies to meet each members needs, and build traits and skills to increase peace, intimacy, and cooperation in your family.

I welcome queer, blended, BIPOC, multi-generational, chosen, and non-traditional families and strive to provide humble, culturally relevant care. I hold an expansive understanding of the term family. Any committed, interdependent group can constitute a family and is encouraged to reach out.

Adults

Personal growth and development continue throughout one’s entire lifespan. I offer individual treatment for adults-of-all-ages utilizing therapeutic interventions based on individual needs. I provide affirming care for trans* / non-binary / gender-expansive, and neurodivergent people which centers self-acceptance, self-compassion, and self-exploration. I practice humble, culturally reflective therapy with BIPOC and poor / working class individuals from my location as a white person with lived experience of poverty. I offer a specialized approach for parents of children with mental health diagnoses.