My Approach

I believe therapy should feel like a genuine relationship where you can show up exactly as you are and feel accepted without judgment. Every person has an innate capacity for healing when they feel safe, understood, and supported.

My role is to create a collaborative and compassionate space where we can explore your experiences with curiosity and discover new ways to heal, grow, and move forward.

My clinical approach blends psychodynamic therapy with art therapy. Together, we may explore how early relationships, life experiences, and unconscious patterns continue to shape your thoughts, emotions, and relationships today. Rather than focusing only on reducing symptoms, I work to understand the roots of emotional distress, identify recurring patterns, and increase self-awareness. This deeper understanding can create opportunities for meaningful and lasting change.

Art Therapy for Tweens, Adolescents, and Adults

Creative expression can bring forward thoughts, feelings, and memories that may be difficult to access through words alone. Art can serve as a bridge between what you carry inside and what you are able to place outside of yourself, where it can be seen, explored, and understood.

The artwork becomes a starting point for reflection, insight, and conversation. This process can make it easier to explore emotions and experiences in a way that feels safer and more accessible than talking alone.

As we explore your artwork together, we may notice recurring themes, symbols, emotions, and relationship patterns that might otherwise remain hidden. This process can support greater self-understanding, emotional integration, and the ability to make more intentional choices in your life.

You do not need to be an artist. You are simply encouraged to be human.

First-Episode Psychosis

Experiencing psychosis for the first time can be frightening and overwhelming for both the individual and their loved ones. Early intervention can make a meaningful difference in recovery, and my goal is to provide a therapeutic space that promotes understanding, stability, and hope.

I believe recovery is possible. I offer a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment where clients can feel understood, reconnect with their strengths, and build a sense of identity that extends beyond a diagnosis.

I work collaboratively with clients to help them make sense of their experiences while developing coping skills, improving emotional regulation, reducing distress, and strengthening reality-based thinking at a pace that feels safe and respectful.

When appropriate and with the client’s consent, I also collaborate with psychiatrists, primary care providers, family members, and other members of the treatment team to support continuity of care and long-term wellness.

Sobriety and Recovery

Recovery is about more than stopping the use of substances. It is also about understanding the role substances have played and building a life that no longer depends on them.

I believe lasting recovery begins with compassion, curiosity, and a willingness to understand the whole person rather than focusing only on addictive behaviors.

Substance use often develops as a way of coping with emotional pain, trauma, stress, difficult relationships, or unmet needs. Together, we can explore the experiences that contribute to these patterns while developing healthier ways to manage difficult emotions and navigate life’s challenges.

My approach is individualized and nonjudgmental. Whether you are questioning your relationship with substances, newly sober, returning to recovery, or working to maintain long-term sobriety, therapy can provide a supportive space to better understand yourself and strengthen the life you want to build.

Chronic Illness

As someone who lives with chronic illness, I understand how deeply it can affect identity, relationships, emotional well-being, daily functioning, and a person’s sense of control.

My approach recognizes that the impact of chronic illness extends beyond physical symptoms. It may also involve grief, uncertainty, medical trauma, isolation, changes in independence, and the ongoing need to adjust to circumstances that others may not fully understand.

I help clients explore how illness has shaped their sense of self, relationships, and emotional experiences. Together, we identify patterns that may contribute to helplessness, shame, isolation, or loss while creating space to process the complex emotions that often accompany living with a long-term health condition.

Therapy can also support clients in developing self-compassion, communicating their needs, navigating medical systems, and building a meaningful life that honors both their limitations and their strengths.

Beyond the Therapy Room

When I am not in the office, you will most likely find me getting lost in a good book, tending to my many plants, creating art, planning my next nature-focused travel adventure, or making memories with my son.

These parts of my life help keep me grounded, inspire creativity, and remind me of the importance of connection, curiosity, and balance.