Psychotherapy

My approach to psychotherapy is relational, experiential, and grounded in the understanding that emotional difficulties rarely exist in isolation from our histories, relationships, bodies, identities, and environments.

I work collaboratively rather than relying on a single therapeutic model. My background includes relational and psychodynamic psychotherapy, mindfulness-based approaches, trauma-focused treatment, somatic psychotherapy, compassion-focused approaches, and harm reduction.

Areas of particular focus include:

• Complex trauma and attachment

• Depression and anxiety

• Substance use and other difficult behavioral patterns

• LGBTQ+ concerns and identity

• Relationship difficulties

• Life transitions

• Helping professionals and clinicians

• Psychedelic experiences and integration

I am especially interested in forms of therapy that allow us to pay attention not only to what someone thinks about an experience, but also to what happens emotionally, relationally, and somatically as we encounter it together.

For people struggling with substance use or other behaviors they would like to change, I work from a harm reduction perspective. This means that abstinence, moderation, reduced harm, and other forms of meaningful change can all be legitimate goals depending on the person and their circumstances.

Psychotherapy may be brief and focused or longer-term, depending on your needs.