My Approach
Collabrative
Therapy is most effective when it feels like a partnership. I aim to create a space where we can be curious together — about your experiences, your patterns, and your values. I bring psychological knowledge and training; you bring your lived experience and insight. Together, we’ll find a shared way of understanding what’s happening for you.
I work with people navigating a wide range of challenges, and I pay close attention to how culture, faith, health, and identity shape our emotional lives. Whether you’re living with a long-term health condition that impacts how you connect with others — like back pain that makes intimacy or daily parenting tasks feel impossible — or you’re questioning what your struggles mean in light of your beliefs, therapy with me is about creating space to make sense of these things without judgment.
Practical
Rather than only focusing on what’s painful or stuck, we’ll also look at what matters most to you — what kind of life you want to move toward. This might mean finding new ways to show up as a parent or partner even when pain is present, building self-trust after years of being misunderstood because of an undiagnosed learning difference, or reconnecting with a sense of meaning in your faith while holding space for questions and doubt.
Many of the people I work with are asking, “What do I want my life to be about, even in the face of this?” Therapy can help you stay connected to your values — like kindness, curiosity, or connection — and take steps that feel true to them.
Insight is important, but change often happens through action. I bring a practical, skills-based approach to therapy — not just talking, but experimenting. That might look like trying out new ways of setting boundaries, keeping a pain journal to better understand triggers, or using visual aids or metaphors if traditional explanations haven’t worked for you in the past.
We might work on how to manage the overwhelm that comes when a task feels “simple” to everyone else but leaves you feeling like you’re the only one not getting it — the kind of frustration that ends in tears behind a locked toilet door. Therapy can give you tools to navigate these moments differently and build confidence over time.