LCSW, 16 years of experience
Grief is a deeply personal experience, with no set timeline or predictable path. It can arise after the loss of a loved one, an animal companion, a relationship, or even a shift in identity due to illness or life transitions. Left unaddressed, grief can impact your emotional well-being, relationships, and day-to-day functioning. As a therapist, I offer two areas of specialized support. The first is grief counseling—providing a compassionate, nonjudgmental space where you can process your loss and find meaning in your healing. The second focuses on helping individuals navigate symptoms related to depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, often brought on by significant life changes or chronic stress. My approach is rooted in evidence-based practices and tailored to your unique needs. Whether you're overwhelmed by sadness, struggling with motivation, or feeling disconnected from others, therapy can help you regain clarity and emotional balance. I intentionally maintain a small caseload to provide personalized, attentive care. My goal is to offer a safe, grounded environment where you feel supported and empowered to move forward at your own pace.
In our sessions, you can expect a safe, nonjudgmental space where your feelings are acknowledged and validated. Together, we will explore practical tools to help manage overwhelming emotions and the challenges of daily life. I will support you in rebuilding a sense of connection, purpose, and stability. My therapeutic approach is tailored to honor your unique grief experience, providing space for healing, growth, and resilience.
My greatest strength as a therapist lies in the integration of my extensive clinical experience, dual expertise in medicine and mental health, and deep commitment to guiding individuals through the complexities of transitions. This unique combination allows me to approach your emotional health with both a compassionate understanding of emotional suffering and a comprehensive awareness of its physical and psychological impacts.
I work well with individuals who appreciate a patient, practical, and emotionally attuned approach—those who may feel stuck in grief, overwhelmed by life transitions, or impacted by symptoms of anxiety, depression, or self-doubt. Whether you are newly grieving, navigating a recent change, or carrying the weight of unresolved emotions, I offer personalized support to help you make sense of your experience. Together, we’ll work to strengthen your coping tools, restore a sense of stability, and support your path toward healing and connection.
I often use CBT to help individuals identify and modify negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to their emotional distress or problematic behavior. We do this through assessment, goal setting, cognitive restructuring, behavioral strategies, skill building, reviewing progress and making adjustments and relapse prevention.
I will utilize methods of Grief Therapy to help individuals cope with the emotional, psychological, and sometimes physical aspects of loss. Helping clients to navigate the complex and sometimes conflicting emotions associated with grief and develop coping strategies that suit their individual needs, considering both short-term and long-term approaches to coping with grief.
A common approach to stress, anxiety and depression is utilizing Mindfulness-based therapy to help individuals develop awareness, presence, and a non-judgmental acceptance of their thoughts and emotions. We work to develop mindfulness based skills, cultivating present moment awareness, self compassion, and explore unhelpful thought patterns to help clients manage stressors and challenges.
For treatment of mood disorders and stressors, I work with clients to identify and leverage their own personal strengths, resources, and capabilities to promote positive change and well-being. We will build and develop skills of self-efficacy, cultivate positive identity and learn to integrate strengths into problem solving and daily-life.
In my grief work, I often utilize methods of Narrative Therapy to employ reflective listening to deeply understand a clients narrative, asking open-ended questions that invite reflection and exploration. In this approach I serves as a co-author and guide, supporting a client in exploring, understanding, and transforming the stories that shape their grief and experiences to promote healing.