New to Grow
I am a psychotherapist who values depth, curiosity, and authenticity in the therapeutic relationship. Before becoming a therapist, I worked in the tech world, and that experience continues to inform my understanding of clients who are navigating high-pressure, fast-paced environments. I am especially drawn to working with neurodivergent clients, including those with autism and OCD tendencies, and I believe each person’s experience deserves to be understood in its own context rather than reduced to a label. My approach is somatic, psychodynamic, and EMDR-informed, with attention to both the body and personal history. I work with clients who may feel that words alone are not enough, helping them build a new relationship with anxiety, triggers, and overwhelm so that life can feel calmer, more grounded, and more fully their own.
In our first session, the focus is on understanding you - your experience, what brought you here, and what has shaped your way of being in the world. I will listen deeply, with curiosity and care, to get a sense of what your life has been like from the inside. We’ll begin to explore the kind of life you want, and the kind of relationship you hope to have with yourself and with others. There’s no pressure to have everything figured out. The first session is less about “getting somewhere” and more about creating space, to slow down, to reflect, and to begin catching up with your own experience of being you. My role is to offer a space where you feel held, witnessed, and able to speak in your own way, at your own pace.
I work especially well with clients who have spent much of their lives adapting to the world around them, often becoming highly skilled at functioning on the outside while feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, or disconnected internally. I am particularly passionate about working with neurodivergent clients, including those with autism and OCD tendencies, because while certain traits may form recognizable patterns, each person’s experience is deeply individual and deserves to be approached with curiosity, respect, and care. Many of the clients I work best with feel that language alone is too limited to capture what they are experiencing. They may be insightful and self-aware, yet still find that talking does not fully reach the intensity of their anxiety, triggers, sensory overwhelm, or internal conflict. My approach is especially helpful for people who want more than intellectual understanding and are looking for a different relationship with their emotional and bodily experience.
I work especially well with clients who have spent much of their lives adapting to the world around them, often becoming highly skilled at functioning on the outside while feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, or disconnected internally. I am particularly passionate about working with neurodivergent clients, including those with autism and OCD tendencies, because while certain traits may form recognizable patterns, each person’s experience is deeply individual and deserves to be approached with curiosity, respect, and care. Many of the clients I work best with feel that language alone is too limited to capture what they are experiencing. They may be insightful and self-aware, yet still find that talking does not fully reach the intensity of their anxiety, triggers, sensory overwhelm, or internal conflict. My approach is especially helpful for people who want more than intellectual understanding and are looking for a different relationship with their emotional and bodily experience. I use a somatic, psychodynamic, and EMDR-informed approach to help clients understand not only what they are feeling, but how those feelings live in the body and how past experiences continue to shape present reactions. I often take a self-accepting stance in therapy, helping clients relate to themselves with more compassion rather than shame. This can be especially meaningful for clients who have long felt that they were “too much,” “too sensitive,” or somehow getting life wrong. Together, we work toward creating a life that feels calmer, freer, and more grounded. My hope is to help clients move toward greater self-understanding, a stronger sense of internal safety, and a way of living that feels more authentic and sustainable.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I use DBT to help clients increase emotional regulation and find mindfulness.