I specialize in family work with young adults, teens, and parents. I am happy to work with individuals as well.

My approach is informed by the academic systems of CBT, DBT, Psychoanalysis, Family Systems, and relationship based counseling.

I believe the main factor in successful psychotherapy is the relationship you have with the counselor. The way you are seen, heard, communicate with and feel about your counselor is the number one catalyst for change, above the use of any specific modality.

If you have never done therapy or counseling before, or if you have reservations about therapy because it feels robotic, clinical, or is practiced “out of a book”,

I might be a good fit for you.

My style of communication is not clinical. It’s personable and relatable. You will be talking to the real me, with no mask on.

I do not act like a therapist. I act like myself and that happens to be therapeutic.

I believe in being authentically myself, and I find that people respond much more positively to the counseling relationship when we just get to be humans together.

I am not interested in diagnosis (although we can discuss it if it feels important to you).

I am not here to fix you or offer easy solutions to your problems. I cannot give you all the answers.

I am here to learn about you, hear your story, offer you a new perspective, see the best in you, and encourage you to trust yourself and your experience.

I am here to walk beside you, treat you with kindness and respect no matter what you tell me, and help you learn to trust yourself to move with courage and conviction.