I believe in the beauty and fulfillment of connection. This belief has led me to the field of psychology and working with others to cultivate growth, healing and joy. Whether it’s supporting an individual to learn to navigate and honor their true selves, managing anxiety, depression or traumatic stress en route, or supporting someone in forming authentic, trustworthy and fulfilling relationships, the work begins with going inward, with compassion, understanding and curiosity.

The therapeutic relationship illuminates where we are and are not connected, and provides opportunity for deeper contact, exploration, insight, and growth. To each session, I bring warmth, collaboration, playfulness, and authenticity. It is these qualities that assist my clients to open and share what is most vulnerable for them.

Administering evidence-based treatment of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Interventions and Emotionally-Focused Therapy as the main structures, I work with clients to develop, cultivate and strengthen coping skills and the ability to manage stress, overwhelm, anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, loss and health-related concerns. The goal of therapy is to transform pain into growth, using processing, understanding, acceptance and letting go of the things that do not serve us.

What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? Often used best with a specific goal in mind, CBT works to identify a person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors and how they are potentially impairing an individual’s life. By identifying thought patterns, the individual is then able to address, and shift schemas, or beliefs, which in turn, changes feelings and behaviors for the positive. Research has shown that standard cognitive-behavioral (CBT) therapeutic treatment is structured as a shorter-term therapy, for one session per week, for 50 minutes (called the “50 minute therapy hour”), for anywhere from 8-20 weeks. Clients often express some relief and new insight after as little as one session. As evaluations can last up to three sessions, more impact and lasting changes are usually experience after at least one month of weekly therapy.