My approach is tailored to each client and rooted in evidence-based practice, primarily experiential dynamic psychotherapies and mindfulness-based interventions. I aim to be nonjudgmental, trauma-informed, respectful, honest, and compassionately challenging. I collaborate with clients to build a safe (if challenging) environment for change. I listen deeply, not only to the content of what people say, but to how it is said; offer unconditional respect for each client; and continually engage in my own personal development work. 

The foundation of my practice involves helping people improve their ability to track and connect with their thoughts, feelings, and bodies at the same time. Experiential dynamic therapy coupled with mindfulness-based approaches allows clients to increase awareness of and compassion for patterns that may have served them at earlier points in life but which may no longer be helpful. As clients become aware of these patterns, they are invited to practice new ways of relating in real time.

Generally, I work with clients motivated to change something in their lives. They may want to increase their ability to connect with themselves and people they care about, and show up more fully for causes important to them. My therapeutic approach is client-centered and built on the belief that what is harmed in relationship can also be healed in an attuned, responsive, and trusting relationship.  Regardless of the therapeutic model used, research shows that the quality of the connection between therapist and client is paramount for effective treatment.