In our first session together, here's what you can expect

Thank you for your interest in services. Beginning therapy is an important step, and my intake process is designed to be thoughtful, supportive, and intentional from the very start. The process begins with a complimentary 15-minute consultation. This brief conversation allows us to connect, discuss what’s bringing you in, and determine whether my approach and services are a good fit for your needs. It’s also an opportunity for you to ask questions and get a sense of how I work before moving forward. If we decide to continue, your first session will be a 60-minute biopsychosocial assessment. This initial session provides space to explore your personal history, current concerns, relational patterns, and goals for therapy. For individuals, this includes understanding mental health symptoms, life stressors, family-of-origin dynamics, and attachment experiences. For couples, this assessment is informed by the Gottman Method and focuses on relationship history, communication patterns, conflict styles, emotional connection, and areas of strength and growth within the relationship. As part of the Gottman-informed intake process for couples, additional assessment tools and questionnaires may be provided to gain a clearer picture of relationship functioning. These assessments help identify core dynamics such as friendship, conflict management, shared meaning, and trust, allowing therapy to be tailored in a way that is both research-informed and deeply personalized. You may receive additional intake or clinical paperwork as needed to support your care and ensure a comprehensive understanding of your experiences. While the assessment phase is structured, it is also collaborative, paced with care, and grounded in creating a sense of safety and clarity. Following the initial intake session, ongoing therapy sessions are 45 minutes in length. These sessions are focused, intentional, and goal-oriented, while still allowing space for reflection, emotional processing, and meaningful insight. Therapy is approached as a collaborative process, integrating evidence-based interventions, relational insight, and practical tools to support growth, healing, and lasting change. My goal throughout the intake and ongoing work is to help you feel understood, supported, and empowered, while creating a clear roadmap for therapy that aligns with your values, needs, and goals.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

“Success in my practice looks like clients leaving with more clarity, more agency, and a deeper sense of self-trust.” My greatest strengths are my ability to create emotional safety while still inviting meaningful change, and my skill in helping clients translate insight into action. My style is laid back, grounded, and supportive, with a good sense of humor. Clients often describe me as compassionate, approachable, and easy to talk to. I intentionally create a space that feels safe, welcoming, and nonjudgmental—one where individuals and couples can show up as they are and explore their emotions with honesty and care. My work is deeply relationship-centered, and I support both individual clients and couples. I work with individuals navigating mental health concerns such as mood disorders and anxiety, as well as those healing from relational trauma, including intimate partner experiences and family-of-origin wounds. I also support clients through life transitions such as breakups, divorce, and identity shifts that can impact self-worth, emotional regulation, and relational patterns. In my work with couples, I help partners improve communication, repair trust, deepen emotional and physical intimacy, and better understand each other’s needs. My approach is integrative, trauma-informed, and deeply relational. I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the Gottman Method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), blending these with somatic and mindfulness-based interventions to support healing from the inside out. A central focus of my work is helping clients develop more secure attachment—both within themselves and in their relationships—by increasing emotional awareness, strengthening regulation skills, and creating new, healthier relational experiences. Clients frequently share that they feel deeply seen, understood, and gently challenged in our work together. I am committed to ongoing learning as a core part of my work as a therapist. I regularly participate in continuing education courses, professional trainings, workshops, and consultation groups to stay current with best practices and emerging research in the field. I have completed a certification program in Sexual Health and Therapy through the University of Michigan, which deepened my clinical work around intimacy, desire, communication, and sexual wellbeing. My continuing education focuses on relational and systemic approaches, trauma-informed care, attachment theory, and culturally responsive practices. I am especially interested in continuing to grow in areas related to intimacy, desire discrepancies, healing after relational ruptures, and the integration of neuroscience and somatic-based interventions. What stands out about me is my ability to help clients slow down automatic patterns, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and reconnect with themselves and each other in more authentic ways. I view therapy as a space to explore not only what isn’t working, but who you’re becoming—both individually and relationally. Whether we’re working through anxiety, healing relational wounds, navigating relationship transitions, or strengthening partnership dynamics, my goal is to help clients reconnect with their authentic selves and become more compassionate partners—to others and to themselves. Every session is collaborative, culturally sensitive, and tailored to meet clients where they are. The results of our work often include improved emotional regulation, clearer boundaries, healthier communication, stronger relationship satisfaction, deeper intimacy, and greater alignment with personal values. Clients leave therapy feeling more empowered, grounded, and better equipped to navigate life and relationships with intention, confidence, and compassion.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I am best positioned to serve individuals and couples who are ready to better understand themselves and their relationships, especially those who feel stuck in familiar emotional or relational patterns and want something to shift. I work well with individuals navigating anxiety, mood disorders, relational trauma, and the lingering impact of family-of-origin or intimate partner experiences. I also support clients moving through major relationship transitions such as breakups, divorce, and identity shifts that can disrupt a sense of stability or self-worth. I am particularly well suited for clients who are curious about their attachment style and open to developing more secure ways of relating—to themselves and to others. Many of the clients I work with are thoughtful, reflective, and motivated for growth, even if they feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or unsure where to begin. They may want to improve emotional regulation, set healthier boundaries, strengthen self-trust, or feel more confident and grounded in their relationships. I also work with couples who want to improve communication, repair trust, deepen emotional and physical intimacy, and move out of cycles of conflict or disconnection. Whether clients are seeking relief from distress, clarity during a transition, or deeper, more fulfilling relationships, I am best positioned to support those who value collaboration, compassion, and meaningful change over quick fixes.