I believe that in order to live a life of purpose we must uncover it’s meaning. When parts of our life or behavior seem stuck, “out of control”, or inconsistent with who we feel we are, it is common to want to disconnect from our self or others. While this method of moving away can provide a sense of safety, it is often in the disconnect that more pain is created. My hope is for therapy to provide a space of safety to re-connect to both self and others in order for new meaning to be made and more agency to be found.

I practice primarily from a psychodynamic model with the belief that many of our deepest pains originate in our early experiences, both what occurred and how we made meaning of them. During our time together, we will use both language and the senses to connect to this. The map of our work will be centered around paying close attention to one’s relationship to their body, emotions, and mind; as well as exploring ways of relating to the world through attachment relationships and personal ways of meaning-making. While working from a relational foundation, I value the integration of other therapeutic modalities that are evidenced based and individualized to the person. Among others, I will most often integrate the work of attachment theory and somatic experiencing to help us better understand and make meaning of your experience. All the therapy I do is evidence-based and is designed to be empowering, with an intentional focus on de-pathologizing the person.

I am committed to the work of dismantling structures of white supremacy in my own life and thus seek to practice from an inclusive platform that invites all bodies. I seek to understand and integrate each person’s contexts and ways of identifying, including race, culture, size, gender, sexuality, and religion as I believe it is these particularities that inform how each of us exists in the world.