Rooted in Relationship. Focused on the Present.
Home – My Approach
Approach Overview
There are many approaches to emotional healing, but much research indicates that the patient-therapist relationship is a crucial factor. I see the beginning of therapy as building that relationship creating trust and an opportunity for us to truly get to know each other, so we can work together to find the obstacles between you and the life you desire.
We often discover patterns in the way we function that haven’t produced the results we’ve wanted. To understand our patterns, it’s important to identify the thoughts, feelings, and assumptions we carry the ones that have led to choices and behaviors that haven’t served us well.
My approach is rooted in psychoanalytic understanding. I believe our earliest relationships, in our formative years, shape the way we experience the world our beliefs about ourselves and others. We carry these into adult life, often unconsciously, and they drive our behavior. When we can see how our present experiences hook into past ones, we can unhook them and make better choices grounded in current reality, not the past.
My focus is firmly on the present but I use the past that lives inside you to free you from its influence.
I work in the strictest confidentiality, which is why I do not use email. My approach is highly individual, and I use what fits each person at any given time. I weave in attachment theory, cognitive behavioral techniques, family therapy, relational theories, and current brain research and its implications for clinical practice.
Approach Steps
Guiding You Step by Step.
1. Understand Your Needs
In our early sessions, I listen without judgment. I want to understand not just the problems you're facing, but who you are your history, your relationships, your strengths, and the life you're hoping to build.
2. Identify Patterns Together
Together, we begin to see the recurring patterns in your relationships, your reactions, your choices. Often these patterns are rooted in early experiences that we carry into the present, shaping us in ways we don't always recognize.
3. Work Together Toward Change
I draw on my Psychoanytically informed exploratory process and understanding of a human development, as well as same of the evidence based approaches available. Together we work to understand who you are currently, where your life goes well. We will discover the past experiences in your life or past experiences that may be driving current choices that don't serve you well and unhook them from present situations so your current chorces will be based on present reality. This is collaborative, gradual, and deeply respectful of your pace.
4. Empower Lasting Growth
The goal is lasting change not just symptom relief. You leave therapy with insight, tools, and resilience that continue to serve you long after our work together is done.
My Philosophy
I believe mental health is just as important as physical health. Every person deserves a safe, compassionate, non-judgmental space to explore their challenges and rediscover their strengths and they are deeply entwined functioning almost as one. Therapy is a partnership my role is to guide your process of self exploration and understanding and equip you with tools for lasting change.
Because I feel it is so important that you find the therapist who is the right match for you if you decide not to return for a second session, I will not charge you for the initial visit.