People often seek help in times of significant distress and while it is crucial to alleviate symptoms during these times of high stress, I believe that healing can go beyond that. One of the main tenets of my practice is that it is important (and possible!) to achieve contentment and wellness in a life that you believe is worth living. You shouldn't ever have to settle!

 

Another tenet of my practice style is that insight breeds psychological healing. By bringing knowledge of past experiences into conscious awareness, we can work to decrease suffering and identify maladaptive patterns of behaviors and feelings that make life more difficult. While I practice primarily insight-oriented therapy ("psychodynamic psychotherapy"), I incorporate my training in different modalities such as ACT, DBT, and CBT. As a therapy patient, we will decide together how often to meet- some choose to meet more often (twice a week) in hopes of “digging deeper” more quickly, while others find that a cadence of every other week or so is more ideal.. 

 

While I am confident in treating a wide array of disorders, I have a specialty interest in treating survivors of trauma and neglect, both physiological and emotional, and women throughout preconception, perinatal and postpartum periods, and parenthood.

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Finally, I believe that the therapeutic relationship between patient and therapist is paramount for any healing to take place. Just like no two people are guaranteed to get along, you have no obligation to stay in treatment with the first therapist you meet (and if that's not me- that's ok! We will get you a referral elsewhere). I am not a blank slate therapist; I share my thoughts, offer feedback, provide genuine empathy, and interject humor. Give me a call to see if we would be a good fit!

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