Virtual and In-Person Availability

Virtual and In-Person Availability

New Parents/Parents of Littles

  • Adding a baby to your family can feel overwhelming. Many couples struggle to stay grounded in their relationship once baby arrives. I love helping couples of all orientations rediscover each other, and explore how they can adapt to many new roles together.

Mother/Child Relationships

  • There is something uniquely painful about a strained relationship with one’s mother. I like to help people find meaning, understanding, and boundaries in this area.

  • I often work with only one part of this dyad (usually adult daughters), but am not opposed to working with both parties if everyone is willing.

  • AFAB and AMAB clients welcome.

Connection & Communication

  • Even happy couples struggle with connection and communication at times in their relationship.

  • Whether you need a few sessions to check in with each other and reconnect, or if you are looking for more extensive work to untangle unproductive patterns— lets talk.

  • Early intervention is most effective in couples work but if both parties are motivated, honest, and willing to be vulnerable progress can be made.

I Approach Therapy With So Much Curiosity

What has your life experience been like to have led you to this moment?

How have your experiences shaped the way you have survived to get to this point?

What are the incredible ways in which your brain and nervous system have successfully brought you this far?

What systems, relationships, expectations, hopes, dreams, beliefs about yourself and other have shaped the person you are today?

Now--what is it that is ready to change? What part of you needs to be examined, held with love and compassion, and asked to release the reins?

At the core of all of my work is attachment theory. Attachment theory is the foundation of how I believe we integrate the world around us, starting in infancy. The patterns we learn in infancy and childhood informs the way we speak to ourselves, our romantic partners, and our children if we have them.

For relational work, I am trained in Gottman Level One and PACT Level One. At this time, I do not record sessions or offer sessions longer than 80 minutes like a “true” PACT therapist. However, I integrate techniques, interventions, assessments, structure, and the core philosophy of both these methods to inform my work and accommodate couples on a case-by-case basis.

Much of my work in individual therapy is about going back to attachment wounds and rebuilding them with tenderness. This looks like exploring patterns that no longer serve you in your adult life by examining where you learned protective behaviors, thanking these behaviors for keeping you safe, and learning new skills that are congruent with how you want to show up as an adult for yourself and in your relationships with others.