The Work We’ll Do Together

My style blends depth with practicality, insight with warmth. I draw from a variety of evidence-based therapies—including ACT, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, psychodynamic, and trauma- and attachment-informed approaches—to support the unique person sitting across from me. Therapy with me is collaborative, honest, and human. I don’t believe change requires fixing who you are. I believe it comes from reconnecting with who you’ve always been.

This isn’t checklist therapy, and you’re not a problem to solve. The way you move through the world makes sense. The over-functioning, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and caretaking—these patterns usually formed early, in response to environments where being “strong,” helpful, or invisible were necessary and adaptive. In therapy, we make space to understand those strategies with compassion, not judgment. We’ll explore how you’ve learned to cope, what those patterns have protected you from, and what they may be costing you now. Some of these habits have helped you succeed. Others may be quietly draining your energy, your clarity, or your sense of self.

While therapy is never one-size-fits-all, our work often includes:

• Understanding your patterns—how you relate to others, where you override your own needs, and what feels hard to let go of.

• Looking at where it all began—family dynamics, attachment history, and relational roles that shaped how you learned to stay safe and connected.

• Practicing new ways of relating—setting boundaries that hold, noticing when self-abandonment creeps in, and choosing responses that support your self-worth.

This work helps you step out of old survival patterns and into something more sustainable—more connected, more aligned, more you. You don’t have to keep pushing through or settling for “fine.” Change is possible, and it doesn’t require becoming someone else. It starts by getting curious about who you’ve always been—and giving yourself permission to take up space.