Services
Services for
Children ages 8+
I help children learn to hold difficult and powerful emotions like anger, shame and anxiety through play therapy, psychoeducation, mindfulness and self-compassion training, and emotion regulation training.
Individuals
I treat individuals experiencing anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, grief, low self image and body image, life transitions, relationship issues.
Couples
I am trained in level 2 of the Gottman Method Couples Therapy. This highly research-based and effective approach helps couples improve their communication and conflict resolution skills and develop a more secure emotional bond.
Specializing in
Anxiety
Feelings of excessive worry and fear can interfere with the ability to function at your best. Most people will experience anxiety at some point in their lives. Therapy can help uncover the underlying causes of worries and fears and give you tools to see situations in a new, less frightening way.
Depression
It's normal to feel down from time to time, but when persistent feelings of helplessness, lack of energy, sleep issues, irritability, trouble with focus, or self-loathing keep you from feeling pleasure and joy, you may be experiencing depression. Therapy can help by exploring possible underlying conditions like unresolved grief or an overactive self-critic and can give you tools to cope with challenges, manage relationships and regain a sense of control.
Relationships
Whether you are coming in with a partner or as an individual (I've found that clients spend most of their time talking about distress that comes from interpersonal relationships), therapy can help you understand unhealthy patterns, increase self awareness, manage emotions in conflict, teach techniques to communicate effectively, prevent the building of resentment, and connect on a more intimate level so your relationships are more fulfilling and resilient.
Mindfulness
Deliberate nonjudgmental attention to life as it is can be a powerful tool for reducing problematic automatic responses that lead us to suffering. Mindfulness based therapies are well researched and effective. I have training in practices that will help you create habits that bring awareness to thoughts, emotions and behaviors, create more space and acceptance for difficult emotions and as a result, empower you to take action toward your values to create a life of meaning and purpose.
Self Compassion
Different from self esteem, which fluctuates based on your successes and failures, self compassion allows you to fail and still provides a net of warmth and understanding. Imagine a life where you aren't so afraid of failure, where you can have peace in just doing your best. Self compassion training is a key component in therapy to reduce suffering, increase resilience and permanently heal wounds from the past.