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If you’re feeling stuck in the same painful patterns—whether that looks like anxiety, relationship stress, disconnection, overwhelm, or difficulty navigating a major life transition—you’re not alone. I help adults and couples better understand the patterns beneath their distress, especially the ways past experiences, attachment wounds, and current stressors can shape emotions, relationships, and self-worth. My style is warm, direct, and collaborative, and I work to create a space where you feel genuinely supported while also making meaningful progress. Together, we’ll build insight, strengthen coping tools, and help you move toward healthier relationships, greater emotional clarity, and lasting change.
In our first session, we’ll talk about what’s bringing you to therapy, what feels most important right now, and what you want to be different in your life or relationships. I’ll get to know your history, current stressors, strengths, and the patterns that may be keeping you stuck. From there, we’ll begin identifying goals and building a treatment plan that feels realistic, personalized, and useful to you. My hope is that you leave our first session feeling understood, a little more grounded, and more clear about the path forward.
One of my biggest strengths as a therapist is my ability to balance warmth with structure. I want you to feel genuinely seen and safe in our work, but I also help you move toward clear goals and measurable progress. I’m skilled at helping clients identify recurring emotional and relationship patterns, make sense of where those patterns come from, and practice new ways of coping, communicating, and responding. Clients often appreciate that I’m both compassionate and practical—I don’t just listen, I help you put insight into action.
I’m best positioned to support adults and couples who feel stuck in painful emotional or relationship patterns and want more than just a place to vent—they want real understanding and meaningful change. You may be struggling with anxiety, depression, communication issues, caregiving stress, substance use, or a difficult life transition. You may notice that conflict, people-pleasing, shutdown, overthinking, or disconnection keep showing up in your life and relationships. My clients tend to value a warm, honest, collaborative therapist who can offer both emotional depth and practical tools they can use between sessions.
Attachment-based
Many of the patterns that cause us pain today — in relationships, in how we see ourselves, in how we respond to stress — were shaped by our earliest experiences. Attachment-based therapy helps us look at those patterns with curiosity rather than judgment, and start building more secure, connected ways of relating. This approach is especially helpful if you find yourself repeating painful relationship cycles, struggling to trust, or feeling chronically disconnected — even when you can't explain why.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT is a skills-based approach designed for people who experience emotions intensely or find themselves caught in cycles of conflict, shutdown, or self-defeating behavior. Together, we'll practice concrete techniques for managing distress, regulating emotions, and communicating more effectively — tools you can use immediately, not just in session. If you've ever felt like your emotions are running the show, DBT can help you get back in the driver's seat.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
EFT helps you understand the emotional undercurrents driving your behavior and your relationships. Rather than just talking about feelings, we'll work with them directly — helping you process difficult emotions safely, develop greater self-compassion, and build the skills to form more secure, satisfying connections. This approach is especially helpful if you find yourself longing deeply for closeness yet fearing abandonment, caught in painful push-pull dynamics where intimacy feels overwhelming or just out of reach, or if you tend to pull away from connection altogether — feeling more comfortable with distance than with letting people in. EFT is particularly effective for couples and individuals who feel stuck in cycles of conflict, withdrawal, or emotional distance.
Positive Psychology
Therapy doesn't have to be only about what's wrong. I integrate strengths-based approaches that help you identify what's already working, build on your existing resilience, and move toward a life that feels meaningful — not just manageable. We'll work on cultivating real goals, developing practices that sustain your well-being, and building a foundation that holds up beyond our sessions together.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
ACT helps you develop a different relationship with the difficult thoughts and feelings that get in your way — not by eliminating them, but by learning to carry them without letting them control your choices. Through our work together, you'll practice observing your inner experience without judgment and taking action that reflects what actually matters to you. The result is a life that feels more intentional, grounded, and aligned with your values.