Areas of Focus

No one is immune to relationship issues, whether with partners, family, roommates, or friends. You can improve the health of your relationships by identifying patterns around your conflicts and learning tools to implement effective behavioral and communicative change. I use a directive and empathetic approach to help you understand your role in conflicts and explore ways to interact differently with others. By examining your core beliefs and significant events from early relationship experiences, you can break free from unhelpful relationship patterns and feel more connected to others.

Anxiety can be more than racing thoughts and physical symptoms; it can also impact your behaviors and interactions with others. We will work to differentiate between the anxiety that can be productive or keep you safe and the anxiety that disrupts your daily routines. My approach to anxiety treatment includes teaching coping skills for daily symptom management while exploring the underlying root cause of your symptoms. I will help you recognize and reframe unhelpful thoughts that fuel your anxiety and you can decide whether to accept, coexist with, or transform your anxiety. If you can talk yourself into a state of anxiety, we can explore how you can talk yourself out of it.

Who are you, and how did you become this way? How do you want to continue your process of self-growth and exploration? Are you living authentically and in alignment with your values and beliefs? While you may have been asked what you think before, you might not have explored how those beliefs were formed. Together we will examine how your lived experiences have shaped you and explore what old beliefs you wish to replace with ideas that feel more authentic. I welcome exploration of non-traditional lifestyles and those who seek to challenge societal norms and embrace diverse ideas around gender and sexual identity, relationship dynamics, and career choices.

Grief and loss can shift your worldview, strain your relationships, and impair your daily routines. Therapy can support you in honoring and accepting your loss while integrating your grief into your life, allowing you to move forward with relationships and responsibilities. I focus on normalizing all aspects of grief, including guilt about troubled relationships and intrusive thoughts about death and dying. Our sessions provide a safe space for you to express your thoughts without the pressure to frame them in a positive or inspiring way.