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I work with adult women navigating anxiety, ADHD, burnout, relationship stress, people-pleasing, and the unique exhaustion of being emotionally aware enough to recognize your patterns while somehow still repeating them anyway. A lot of my clients are the “strong one.” The dependable friend. The person everyone leans on while their own nervous system is quietly running a 24/7 emergency broadcast in the background.
My style is warm and collaborative, rooted in a psychodynamic approach that helps us look beneath the surface to understand the “why” behind your struggles.My style is warm, collaborative, insightful, and very human. I use a psychodynamic approach, which basically means we’re not just talking about your stress — we’re getting into the lore. The patterns. The attachment wounds. The childhood experiences that somehow still show up in your adult relationships like an unwanted sequel nobody asked for. Therapy with me is not about pretending to be perfectly healed and enlightened. It’s about understanding yourself more deeply, building healthier patterns, and finally giving your brain a break from operating in survival mode all the time. Many of my clients work with me long-term, and honestly? It’s one of the greatest honors of my life to be trusted with people’s stories, growth, grief, healing, and occasional “I fear I may actually be losing my mind” moments. (Usually, you are not.)
Our first session is not an interrogation, and you do not need to show up with your entire life perfectly explained and emotionally processed beforehand. We’ll start with what’s bringing you in right now — anxiety, overwhelm, relationship patterns, burnout, emotional exhaustion, life transitions, or maybe just the growing realization that your current coping mechanisms are… not exactly thriving. My approach to therapy is depth-oriented, which means we’re not just focusing on surface-level symptom management or trying to turn you into a hyper-optimized self-care robot. We’re looking at the deeper patterns underneath your emotions, relationships, reactions, and inner world. The stuff that keeps repeating itself even when part of you knows better. Over time, we’ll begin connecting the dots between past experiences, attachment patterns, current struggles, and the ways you’ve learned to move through the world — with curiosity, honesty, (a bit of) humor, and zero judgment. You do not need to perform wellness here. You just need to show up as yourself.
One of my biggest strengths as a therapist is my focus on depth and long-term growth. I’m not especially interested in giving you a few worksheets, telling you to drink more water, and sending you back into the trenches of your life pretending we solved the problem. I help clients understand themselves on a deeper level — the patterns, defenses, relationship dynamics, emotional wounds, and survival strategies that developed for a reason but may not be serving them anymore. I also think therapy works best when it feels like a real relationship built on trust, honesty, consistency, and genuine connection. Many of my clients stay in therapy with me long-term because once you finally have a space where you don’t have to over-explain yourself, emotionally perform, or hold everything together all the time… it’s hard to go back. My goal is not to turn you into a perfectly optimized human. It’s to help you feel more understood, more connected to yourself, and more emotionally free.
My expertise is in helping adult women (18+) who are primarily dealing with anxiety/depression/ADHD, and need support working through the relationship challenges that can arise from these issues and want to gain deeper insight into who they are, and why. Many of my patients have a history of people-pleasing. Together, we address long-standing emotional and behavioral patterns while working to overcome current challenging symptoms and relationship issues.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
ACT is a compassionate, action-focused approach rooted in cognitive and behavior therapy. Together, we work on embracing your inner emotions rather than avoiding or fighting them, recognizing that these feelings are natural and valid. ACT helps you accept what’s out of your control while focusing on what truly matters, empowering you to move forward with greater clarity, purpose, and self-compassion, even when life feels challenging.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT helps clients gain a deeper understanding of how their thoughts influence their emotions and behaviors. Together, we explore the thought patterns that may be keeping you stuck and uncover the underlying beliefs that shape your experiences.
Interpersonal
I utilize interpersonal therapy to help patients navigate and address their current relationship challenges.