New to Grow
I am a seasoned therapist who believes that real change happens in the space where insight meets emotional safety. I bring depth, honesty, and steadiness into the room, helping people understand the patterns that shape their relationships, self-worth, and responses to stress and loss. My approach integrates psychodynamic understanding, interpersonal awareness, and practical tools so that insight does not remain abstract but translates into meaningful change. I offer a grounded, non-judgmental presence where difficult emotions can be explored without shame, and I work collaboratively with clients to strengthen autonomy, clarity, and resilience. My goal is not simply symptom relief, but helping you build a more integrated and authentic sense of self.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session, you can expect a focused but unhurried conversation where I work to understand not only what brings you in, but how you experience yourself and your relationships. I’ll ask about current concerns, important life events, relational patterns, and what you’ve already tried, while also paying attention to the emotional tone beneath the story. You won’t be pressured to reveal more than you’re ready to share, but I will gently explore areas that seem meaningful. My goal in that first meeting is to begin building a safe, collaborative space where you feel understood without being judged, and to start identifying the patterns and goals that will guide our work together. By the end of the session, you should have a clearer sense of how I think, how we might approach your concerns, and whether this feels like the right fit for you.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My greatest strengths as a therapist lie in my depth of perception, my emotional steadiness, and my disciplined use of insight. I have a strong ability to read relational patterns and underlying dynamics quickly, often recognizing what is being communicated beneath words, and I use that awareness thoughtfully rather than impulsively. I create a psychologically safe space where clients feel deeply understood without being judged or managed, which allows difficult emotions, shame, and unresolved experiences to surface productively. I integrate psychodynamic depth, interpersonal awareness, and practical structure so that insight translates into meaningful behavioral and relational change. I am comfortable working with complexity, ambiguity, and high-functioning individuals who want more than symptom relief—they want coherence, autonomy, and lasting transformation. Above all, my work is grounded in ethical restraint and consistency, helping clients grow stronger without fostering dependency, and supporting them in building a more integrated and self-directed life.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
My ideal clients are thoughtful, self-aware individuals who feel that insight alone has not been enough. They may be successful on the outside yet internally conflicted, navigating complex relationship patterns, unresolved grief, role transitions, burnout, or questions of identity and meaning. I work especially well with people who want depth—not quick fixes—and who are willing to examine how their past shapes their present, how their relational patterns repeat, and how their internal narratives influence their choices. Many of my clients are high-functioning professionals, creatives, or leaders who take responsibility well but privately struggle with attachment wounds, self-criticism, intimacy, or emotional regulation. If you are motivated to understand yourself honestly, tolerate discomfort in the service of growth, and build a more coherent, autonomous version of who you are, we are likely a strong fit.
Interpersonal
I use interpersonal therapy not as a checklist of role disputes or communication skills, but as a live laboratory where attachment, power, and meaning unfold in real time; when patients describe conflicts, I listen for the emotional template beneath them—abandonment, over-functioning, seduction, control, self-erasure—and I help them see how these patterns repeat in current relationships and inevitably begin to surface with me; I pay close attention to role transitions, unresolved grief masked as irritability or numbness, shame disguised as interpersonal sensitivity, and the subtle power dynamics that shape intimacy; I don’t stay at the surface of “what happened,” but explore what they felt and didn’t say, what they needed but couldn’t ask for, and what they feared would happen if they were honest; I use the therapeutic relationship itself as a corrective emotional experience by remaining steady where they expect withdrawal, dominance, rescue, or admiration, allowing that steadiness to become data; at the same time, I push responsibility, guiding patients toward direct communication, clearer boundaries, tolerating discomfort without manipulation, and grieving roles that cannot be restored, so that insight translates into autonomy rather than dependency.
Psychodynamic
I practice psychodynamic psychotherapy by paying close attention to the unconscious patterns that organize a patient’s inner world and relationships, knowing that symptoms are often surface expressions of deeper conflicts, defenses, and unmet developmental needs; I listen not only to what is said, but to tone, pauses, slips, contradictions, and the emotional currents beneath the narrative, tracking recurring themes around attachment, shame, power, desire, and fear; I am attentive to transference and countertransference, using my own internal reactions as information rather than acting them out, and I help patients see how past relational templates are being replayed in the present, including in the therapeutic relationship; I explore defenses not to dismantle them aggressively but to understand what they once protected and what they now cost, gradually making the unconscious more conscious so patients can respond with choice rather than compulsion; throughout the work, I hold a steady, containing presence that allows difficult affects to surface safely, trusting that insight, emotional experience, and relational repair—when integrated over time—lead to a more coherent, autonomous, and resilient sense of self.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use CBT as a structured, collaborative way to help patients identify how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors interact in maintaining distress, guiding them to notice automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, and core beliefs that shape their reactions; I work with them to examine the evidence for and against these thoughts, generate more balanced alternatives, and test new perspectives through behavioral experiments rather than relying on insight alone; I help patients track patterns between triggers, interpretations, emotional responses, and actions, making the process concrete and measurable, while reinforcing skills like problem-solving, behavioral activation, exposure, and coping strategies tailored to their specific goals; I approach CBT not as rigid technique but as a practical framework that empowers patients to interrupt maladaptive cycles, build self-efficacy, and translate awareness into observable change, so that relief comes not only from understanding their patterns but from actively reshaping them.
Humanistic
I practice humanistic therapy by centering the therapeutic relationship as the primary vehicle of change, offering genuine presence, empathy, and unconditional positive regard so patients feel deeply seen without being evaluated or directed; I strive to be authentic and transparent in my responses, trusting that growth emerges when individuals experience acceptance without performance, and I create a space where their subjective experience is honored as valid even when it is conflicted or painful; rather than imposing interpretations or solutions, I facilitate exploration, helping patients clarify their feelings, values, and desires so they can move toward greater congruence between who they are and how they live; I believe that people have an innate tendency toward growth when provided with psychological safety, and my role is to cultivate that environment, gently reflecting, deepening, and affirming their capacity for self-understanding, choice, and self-directed change.
Psychoanalytic
I practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy on telehealth by treating the virtual frame as a meaningful extension of the analytic space rather than a diluted version of it, maintaining consistency, boundaries, and attentiveness to transference and countertransference even through a screen; I listen closely not only to content but to rhythm, silence, micro-expressions, shifts in gaze, and disruptions in connection, recognizing that the digital medium itself can evoke themes of distance, intimacy, control, exposure, or avoidance; I remain attentive to how the patient experiences my presence when physically absent, exploring fantasies, projections, and attachment patterns that emerge in the altered setting, while also using my own internal responses as data; I protect the analytic frame through clear structure and reliability, helping the patient experience continuity and containment despite geographic separation, and I trust that unconscious material can surface and be worked through deeply even in telehealth when the relational field is held with steadiness, curiosity, and interpretive discipline