A safe space for discovery and growth

MY APPROACH

A safe space for discovery and growth

As a therapist, I provide a safe environment for discovery and growth. I work collaboratively with clients to identify and resolve the issues that impact daily living. My style of therapy is process-oriented and relational — client-centered, strength-based, and shaped by the person in front of me rather than a fixed protocol.

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I bring a wide range of experience with a diverse population, with particular focus on ethnic diversity, family therapy, and spirituality. The clinical theories that inform my practice include Jungian psychotherapy, psycho-social/developmental theory, object relations, self-psychology, attachment theory, and systems theory.

Psychotherapy

My work draws on both action-oriented, future-directed approaches and insight-oriented styles such as psychodynamic therapy. This style helps you develop insight into unconscious feelings. Using dream interpretation, the collective unconscious, and archetypal images and mythology, we collaboratively work to uncover, explore, and become more connected to your authentic self.

Psychodynamic therapy also recognizes the value of exploring early life experiences and past memories — and that defense mechanisms such as denial, repression, and rationalization can keep you stuck in maladaptive ways of being.

Attachment & Trauma

Many of the patterns that bring people into therapy — difficulty trusting, conflict in close relationships, a persistent sense of not feeling safe — trace back to how we first learned to attach to others. Attachment theory helps make sense of these patterns: not as flaws, but as adaptations that once made sense and may no longer serve you.

For clients carrying trauma, I integrate EMDR alongside this relational, depth-oriented work. EMDR allows the brain to reprocess distressing memories without requiring you to relive them in detail — while the broader therapeutic relationship provides the safety and consistency that trauma recovery depends on.