My Approach

Therapy isn't about fixing what's broken.

I don't believe people are broken things waiting to be fixed.

The things we struggle with usually make sense when we understand them in context—our relationships, histories, identities, environments, and the expectations we've inherited about who we're supposed to be.

That doesn't mean we have to stay stuck in certain patterns. It means we can get curious about them before deciding how to proceed.

Understanding before changing

My approach is grounded in relationship, curiosity, and meaning-making.

Rather than treating symptoms as problems to simply diagnose and remove, I want to understand what they're communicating and what they might be connected to. Anxiety, depression, disconnection, anger, avoidance, perfectionism, or difficulty in relationships can all serve a purpose, even when that purpose is no longer particularly helpful.

Together, we'll look at what is happening beneath the surface—how you've learned to relate to yourself and other people, what you've come to believe about yourself, and how the world around you has shaped those beliefs.

Sometimes that means developing new ways of responding. Sometimes it means changing a pattern. Sometimes it means grieving something that cannot be changed. And sometimes it means recognizing that a belief you've carried for years was never really yours to begin with.

A relationship, not a formula

The relationship we build in therapy matters.

I want our work to feel collaborative, honest, and human. I'll listen carefully, make room for silence when it's useful, and follow what seems most important rather than forcing you through a predetermined process.

I'll also challenge you when I think something is worth challenging.

Therapy isn't always comfortable, and I don't think it should be. There may be moments when I ask a question you don't particularly want to answer, point out a pattern you hadn't noticed, or offer a perspective that doesn't immediately fit with the way you see things.

The goal isn't for me to tell you who you should be. It's to create enough trust that we can be honest with each other—and honest enough with ourselves to consider something different.

Looking at the whole picture

As a marriage and family therapist, I'm trained to think relationally and systemically. That means we're interested not only in what's happening inside you, but also in the relationships and environments you're living within.

Your family. Your friendships. Your intimate relationships. Your culture. Your work. The expectations placed on you. The identities you've inherited or chosen. The versions of yourself you've had to become in order to belong.

These things don't exist separately from your inner world. They shape it.

My training also draws from approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment theory, narrative therapy, and systems theory. I use these ideas as tools rather than rigid formulas, bringing in what seems useful for the person and situation in front of me.

Making room for possibility

Ultimately, I want therapy to help you understand yourself more deeply and expand your sense of what is possible.

Not by becoming some idealized version of yourself.

Not by learning to perform wellness.

And not by eliminating every uncomfortable feeling.

Instead, the work is about developing greater freedom in how you respond to your life—to become more aware of your patterns, more intentional in your choices, more connected in your relationships, and more able to live according to what actually matters to you.

Therapy can't remove uncertainty from life.

But it can help you meet that uncertainty with greater clarity, flexibility, and a stronger sense of who you are.