Acceptance and commitment (ACT)

I have extensive experience integrating ACT across multiple treatment settings, including mandated youth in residential programs, escalated students in public school setting, and outpatient therapy. My work with ACT focuses on helping clients develop psychological flexibility—the capacity to stay present with difficult emotions and thoughts while choosing actions aligned with their values. In practice, I use ACT to support clients in identifying and naming emotions, exploring and clarifying core values, and building mindfulness and acceptance-based skills. I incorporate techniques such as cognitive defusion, cognitive reframing, self-compassion, and present-moment awareness to help clients respond more effectively to internal and external stressors.

Psychodynamic

Psychodynamic therapy is the core foundation of my clinical approach. I’ve studied classical psychoanalytic theory since my undergraduate training, which grounds the way I understand clients’ internal worlds, relational dynamics, and emotional patterns. In practice, I use a psychodynamic lens to gently explore early childhood experiences, attachment relationships, and formative interpersonal patterns. I offer interpretations when helpful, highlight recurring themes that may be operating outside of awareness, and collaborate with clients to understand how past experiences are shaping present emotions, behaviors, and relationship styles. This approach helps clients gain deeper insight into themselves, break unhelpful cycles, and develop more intentional and empowered ways of relating to others and to their own inner experience.

Feminist

Feminist Therapy is another foundational framework in my work. I approach clients with an understanding that identity, gender, culture, and power dynamics deeply shape how we see ourselves and how we move through relationships and systems. I’ve studied feminist theory throughout my training, and it continues to inform the way I conceptualize clients’ experiences and the social contexts in which they occur. In practice, I use a feminist lens to explore the social construction of gender, examine internalized messages and expectations, and unpack how societal roles, power imbalances, and cultural narratives impact emotional well-being. A key aspect of my approach is validating and elevating clients’ intuitive ways of knowing—the inner wisdom and lived experiences that are often minimized or dismissed in broader systems. I work collaboratively to help clients recognize the strengths they’ve built in response to societal pressures, challenge limiting beliefs, and develop a more empowered and authentic sense of self. This process supports clients in reclaiming their voice, understanding their relational patterns, and building healthier ways of relating to themselves and others within the larger social systems they navigate.

Person-centered (Rogerian)

Person-Centered Therapy is a foundational part of how I show up as a clinician. I ground my work in the core principles of unconditional positive regard, empathy, and authenticity, using the therapeutic relationship itself as a powerful tool for healing. My training and experience have reinforced that genuine connection and emotional safety are often the gateway to deeper trauma work. In practice, I focus on creating a nonjudgmental, collaborative environment where clients feel seen, respected, and accepted as they are. By building trust and honoring clients’ autonomy, I support them in accessing difficult emotions, exploring past experiences, and moving at a pace that feels safe and empowering. This relational foundation allows clients to engage more fully in trauma processing and develop a stronger, more compassionate sense of self.

Narrative

I integrate Narrative Therapy alongside psychodynamic and trauma-informed approaches to help clients make sense of their experiences and their worldviews. This approach emphasizes the stories we tell about ourselves and how those narratives shape our emotions, behaviors, and relationships. In practice, I work collaboratively with clients to articulate a clear, coherent, and authentic self-narrative. By examining the stories that have been imposed, internalized, or distorted by past experiences, clients can gain perspective, reframe meaning, and strengthen their sense of identity. Narrative Therapy supports processing adverse experiences while fostering agency, self-understanding, and a more empowered way of relating to oneself and others.