Specialties
Trauma:
I have extensive experience working with survivors of sexual assault and physical or emotional abuse, as well as with individuals coping with their own or a loved one’s medical diagnosis or chronic illness. Painful experiences that are not fully processed often live on beneath the surface, shaping our feelings, relationships, and behaviors in ways we may not immediately recognize. When emotions are pushed aside, they tend to resurface indirectly, sometimes in ways that feel confusing or self-defeating.
In our work together, we will gently make space for these difficult experiences and feelings. By slowing down and giving your emotions the attention they deserve, we can begin to understand how they have affected your sense of self and your way of relating to others. Telling your story in a safe, supportive relationship can help you reclaim, or perhaps discover for the first time, a stronger sense of agency, clarity, and self-understanding.
Grief and Life Transitions:
Our culture often treats death as the only kind of loss that deserves grief, but from a psychodynamic perspective, grief is the emotional response to any meaningful loss. This can include the loss of a loved one, a relationship, a home, your health, a role, or even a sense of who you thought you were. Loss changes us. When it is not fully acknowledged, it can leave us feeling disconnected, confused, or as though we are simply going through the motions of life.
In our work together, we will slow down and make room for the many emotions that come with grief—including feelings that may seem conflicting or hard to understand. By giving these feelings space, we can begin to understand how this loss has shaped you and your inner world. Together, we will mourn what has been lost while also helping you come to know and integrate the person you are becoming in its aftermath.
Depression and Anxiety:
Worry and despair can feel deeply isolating, as though you are carrying something heavy on your own. You do not have to face that alone. These feelings often have roots in earlier experiences and relationships that continue to shape how you see yourself and the world. In our work together, we will take time to understand your story with care and compassion, exploring the underlying patterns that contribute to your distress and identifying what helps you feel more steady and balanced.
I also believe in caring for the whole person. When helpful, I collaborate with other mental health and medical providers to ensure your care is thoughtful, coordinated, and responsive to all aspects of your well-being—not just a diagnosis.
Play Therapy:
Play therapy is a way of helping children express feelings and experiences that may be too big or complicated to put into words. Play is a child’s natural language—it’s how they communicate their inner world. Through toys, stories, art, and imaginative play, children show us their worries, conflicts, and hopes in symbolic ways. In a safe and supportive relationship, I gently observe and engage with their play to better understand what they may be struggling with beneath the surface. Over time, this process helps children work through difficult emotions, strengthen their sense of security, and develop healthier ways of coping and relating to others.
Clinical Supervision and Consultation:
My approach to supervision is reflective and relational, aimed at giving clinicians, whether new to the field or more seasoned and seeking additional clinical support, private space to strengthen their clinical thinking and professional identity. We focus on how past experiences, hidden feelings, and the relationship between therapist and client affect the therapy process. Through reflective conversations, case discussion, and exploring interaction patterns, supervisees develop and strengthen their self-awareness, clinical judgment, and ethical practice, while getting practical feedback and emotional support to handle difficult cases and grow as clinicians.
Caregiver and Educator Support and Consultation:
I have extensive experience working in schools and with families, offering educators and caregivers a supportive space to think more deeply about relationships with the children in their care. Children’s behaviors often communicate underlying feelings and needs, and our own reactions to them can hold important information as well. Together, we explore what may be happening beneath the surface—for the child and for you—so that challenging moments can be understood rather than simply managed. This reflective process can strengthen your confidence, deepen your empathy, and support more secure, attuned relationships that help children feel safe, understood, and able to grow.