I see therapy as a space to slow down, be curious, practice vulnerability, process pain, and entertain new ways of thinking and being. Therapy offers a unique opportunity to explore all parts of ourselves and our stories, to experience how feeling seen and understood can open up new ways of relating with ourselves, others, and the world at large. As a client in therapy, I have been changed by the warmth and honest non-judgment from a therapist, and I do my very best to provide that to my clients.  

Most importantly, my intention is to provide a reliable, caring presence in your life. Our pain is often born from relational hurts and hardships, and the ironic truth is we need safe connection to heal. With this in mind, I view our relationship as the most important part of therapy. My hope is for us to build a relationship in which you feel seen, understood, and experience genuine care. I do my best to provide the warmth, curiosity, and compassion needed for you to offer the honesty, vulnerability and trust that will allow that relationship to take shape. I work to create a space in which you know I can hang with the thoughts, feelings, and questions you might not feel comfortable bringing anywhere else. I can hang with the parts of yourself that you love and the parts of yourself that simply don’t make sense to you and you might wish would disappear. You can bring all of those, and I will help us explore them with patience and kindness.

I also believe that part of my job is to offer observation, insight, and, at times, education related to your unique struggles. I cannot guarantee that you will never feel unpleasant emotions again, or that therapy will somehow set you up for a pain-free life. Painful experiences and emotions are a part of life, and perhaps one of our tasks will be to accept and make sense of that truth together. What I can offer you is support in building skills, beliefs, resources, and connections to navigate life’s challenges and painful emotions (and maybe even be a bit kinder to yourself when you have them, who's to say?). I can offer you support in cultivating a greater sense of trust within yourself that no feeling is final and no feeling is you. I can offer you support in cultivating a greater sense of trust in your ability to be with your inner world and the outer world. And I can offer you support in finding meaningful reasons that make that worth doing. 

During therapy, I often pull from a number of frameworks and therapeutic modalities, including Interpersonal Neurobiology, Internal Family Systems, Self-compassion, Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Attachment Theory, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). My beliefs are rooted in body liberation, anti-racism, and feminism. I strive to offer therapy that is knowledgeable and celebratory of neurodiversity, the LGBTQ+ community, CNM, polyamory, and kink.