I am a dedicated therapist specializing in helping women and teen girls navigate anxiety, depression, and trauma. Whether you're managing daily anxiety, experiencing postpartum challenges, coping with grief and major life transitions, or working through childhood or abuse-related trauma, I provide a compassionate space for healing. My approach is rooted in understanding how past experiences shape your present, while equipping you with tools to build a healthier future.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
Our first session is a conversation where I get to know you—your experiences, challenges, and goals. We’ll explore what brings you to therapy, discuss what you hope to gain, and start identifying patterns in your thoughts and emotions. It’s a safe and judgment-free space where you can be heard and supported. We’ll also outline a treatment plan tailored to your needs, so you leave with clarity on the next steps.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I create a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients feel seen and understood. My approach is both compassionate and action-oriented—I help you process emotions while also providing practical tools for managing symptoms and improving daily life. I’m deeply attuned to the unique challenges faced by women and girls, including the intersection of mental health, motherhood, and identity.
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I work best with women and teen girls who are struggling with anxiety, depression, and trauma—including postpartum mood disorders, childhood trauma, and the impact of family dynamics on adulthood. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or emotionally exhausted, I’m here to support you in regaining control, finding peace, and creating meaningful chan
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Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
CBT helps clients identify and reframe negative thought patterns that arise from trauma, such as those tied to family dynamics, abuse, or secrecy. It helps them understand how their thoughts influence their emotional responses and behaviors, such as displacing feelings onto others or experiencing anxiety or depression. Through CBT, clients learn to challenge these negative beliefs and develop healthier coping mechanisms, managing stress and emotions more effectively. CBT also aids in breaking unhelpful cycles that may have been carried into adulthood or parenthood.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic therapy explores how unresolved conflicts and childhood experiences, such as abuse or unhealthy family dynamics, shape current emotional responses. By bringing unconscious memories and feelings to the surface, clients can understand the root causes of their behaviors, like stress, anxiety, or intense moods, and how they might be impacting relationships with family, friends, or partners. This insight can lead to emotional relief, as clients work through the unresolved trauma and break dysfunctional cycles, improving emotional regulation and stress management.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
Solution-focused therapy helps clients concentrate on their strengths and resources to find practical solutions to the challenges they face. In the context of trauma, this approach empowers clients to set goals for healing and breaking negative cycles within their family dynamics, such as overcoming the impact of childhood abuse or the emotional burdens of family secrets. By focusing on achievable steps, clients can manage anxiety, depression, and stress, and take control of their healing process—whether they are in college, becoming parents, or seeking to break harmful generational patterns.
Narrative
Narrative therapy enables clients to reframe and rewrite the story they tell about themselves. In cases of trauma from family dynamics or abuse, this therapy helps clients separate themselves from their trauma and reframe it in a way that is empowering. Clients can explore how family roles, secrets, and emotional responses have shaped their current identity and behaviors. By rewriting their narrative, clients can heal from the trauma stored in their bodies and reclaim their sense of agency, especially in the context of parenthood or breaking cycles before starting a family. This process helps clients heal from past wounds, alleviate emotional burdens, and build healthier relationships.