I know it can be tough, but it can also be so liberating! It’s true that we as therapists can’t tell you what to do (because you know, better than anyone, what’s best for you and what fulfills you) but we will be there to help you navigate the life moments that feel heavy, to help you expand on the joy, and to remind you that you deserve compassion. Yes, it’s a long process too. The glorification of ‘fastness’ - quick food deliveries, quick grocery deliveries, instant dopamine rush to keep us hooked - is a capitalism-induced notion, right? Slowness helps us truly embody and sit with our feelings and experiences. It is so underrated!

If you’re not sure, that is completely valid. Sometimes experimentation helps us understand if we need something or not. If you’d like to experiment with therapy - that’s valid too.

Famous thinkers have said that we are born in relationships and die in them. We are always something to someone, something to our own selves. We get to know who we are through others. They come to carry so much weight, right?

I imagine relationships to be spaces where we can be, and allow to be. It involves freedom, respect, trust for presence, possibility for repair, and desire to be there. As a therapist, I’m very much human too - I may disappoint you, anger you, not know things, but the important thing is that we can always talk about it and resolve it. I commit to being there for you to help you live a life and create relationships that you feel free and alive in.

I am a trauma-focused, diversity-affirmative psychotherapist who works with a relational psychodynamic and Internal Family Systems (IFS) perspective, integrating somatic (body-based) techniques. My approach is centered on the ways we relate to ourselves and others, especially when past experiences make it difficult to fully engage with life. My work is long-term and deeply attuned to how you see yourself and the relationships around you. I believe you are more than your symptoms, which is why I focus on the whole of your life along with what feels difficult in the moment.

I often explore with my clients how the past is carried in their present experiences, to understand the root of our struggles and work through patterns that make it tough to feel authentic, spontaneous, and alive.

At the heart of my work is a recognition of our shared humanness. I also engage in regular supervision and personal therapy to ensure that I show up ethically and thoughtfully in the therapeutic space.