Individual Psychotherapy for Adults

Are you hoping to better understand your relationship patterns, process past and/or ongoing trauma, make a difficult decision or choose your next step(s)? Are you grieving the loss of a relationship, a loved one, a shift within yourself or identity, or the state of the world? Is your relationship to health and your mortality under renegotiation? Therapy is a place where we will work to create enough safety for you to bring your whole self, so that your most vulnerable and hurt places can be tended to. When tended to, those hurt places can help you cultivate a deeper intimacy with yourself and what you need, become sources of strength, and align your actions with your values.

Early experiences and relationships can be viewed as blueprints for relating to oneself and to others. Oppression, harm, and not being seen in your family, communities, and the systems and structures we live within can make it unsafe to connect to the truth of who you are. As a relational, trauma-informed and somatically-oriented therapist, I pay attention to what happens not only in your life outside of the therapy room, but also what shows up in session; be it a bodily sensation, a trigger, an image, or simply a new experience. We will let your process unfold at your own pace, perhaps slowing down in moments to connect with your internal world. In sessions I balance open, non-directive, and exploratory space with practical skill building and regular check ins about how the therapy is going for you.

Experiences I work with

• acute trauma or PTSD - including gendered, sexual, and/or medical trauma

• complex trauma or C-PTSD - including developmental, relational, and attachment trauma

• vicarious trauma / compassion fatigue / burn out

• grief and loss, particularly complex or disenfranchised grief

• navigating relationships to: self, family of origin, chosen family, colleagues, friends, and romantic and sexual partners

• money and class struggles

• anxiety (generalized and specific) and/or depression

• feeling different or “other”

• challenges with self-acceptance and self-compassion

Who I work with

• queer people

• artists / creatives

• those in healing professions and/or service industries

• those who are interrogating dominant narratives and experiences of privilege and oppression

• individuals exploring their gender and/or sexuality

• individuals exploring their relationship to anger and/or shame

• highly sensitive people (HSPs)

• individuals interested in creating boundaries in their relationships and/or at work

• twins or those in close relationship with a twin

I’ve worked with people at many stages in their journey. If this is your first time in therapy or you’ve had multiple experiences prior to now - whether your previous experiences were helpful or not - I encourage you to reach out here for a free 20 minute consultation where we can talk through your goals and assess whether I may be a good fit for the work you are here to do.

Psychotherapy for Relationship Partners

Relationship partners (couples, other romantic and sexual constellations, siblings, business partners, housemates, etc) seek out relationship therapy for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you are having trouble communicating or intervening on a pattern or cycle. Couples may be navigating complex decisions and/or transitions such as opening up your relationship, deciding whether to have children, or changing careers. The intersection of you and your relationship partner’s identities may be a source of ongoing stress and/or conflict. Perhaps you and/or your relationship partner have experienced trauma; the impacts of which pose challenges to your connection when activated or overwhelmed. These are all things that we can explore together in relationship therapy. I make space for each partner to deepen into and express their internal experience in an effort to create more transparency, connection, and authenticity in relationships. Through embodied exercises and development of individual and relationship-oriented coping skills, I support relationship partners in identifying obstacles and shifting how they relate to and cope with those obstacles.

You can reach out here for a free 20 minute consultation where we can talk through your goals and assess whether I may be a good fit for the work you are here to do.