My Approach

We each experience the world from our own unique perspective. Unresolved pain and suffering can keep us from experiencing ourselves and others clearly and interfere with our relationships, our choice-making, our health, and our ability to work and concentrate. Healing starts when we acknowledge and move toward accepting what is.

I am an Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed therapist and enjoy helping others to feel more authentically themselves. My work is trauma-informed, non-pathologizing, and strengths-based. I understand the inherent differences and intersectionalities that impact our mental health and status in the world. Even though we often feel broken, we are, at our core, seeking some kind of wholeness. Working together, I help people to ground in the present moment and move towards a life worth living.

Areas of Treatment, Interest and Expertise:

• Anxiety/Depression/Mood Disorders

• Trauma (sexual, emotional, physical, and spiritual)

• Divorce/Loss of a primary relationship

• Relationship issues

• Intimate partner violence, Sexual assault, Stalking

• Men's issues

• Harm reduction/Substance use concerns

• Grief and loss (e.g. loss of parents, loss of pets)

• Gender and identity

• Intersectionality

• Relationship diversity, including Ethical Non-Monogamy

• Conflict resolution

• Vocational exploration

• Discrimination / Oppression

Approaches:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS)

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Self-Compassion

• Feminist supportive

• LGBTQ+ affirming

• Sex-Positive

• Spiritual and secular