Therapy with me feels less like sitting across from an expert and more like having an informed, warm teammate in your corner. I show up to every session genuinely invested in you, where you are right now, where you want to go, and everything in between. My role isn't to hand you a diagnosis and a worksheet. It's to walk alongside you, help you unearth the power that's already inside of you, and give you the tools to actually use it!
My approach is deeply person-centered, which means everything we do is shaped around you specifically. Your brain, your history, your goals, your life. I pull from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, both of which I have advanced training in, and I bring an active coaching stance into the room. That means we're not just talking about change. We're building toward it, session by session, with strategies that are practical, applicable, and designed to work for how you're actually wired.
A lot of my clients come in having spent years trying to make traditional approaches work for them and wondering why they couldn't. The answer is almost always the same: the approach wasn't built for their brain. I meet you where you are and tailor your therapy needs to actualize real change.
My positive spirit and kind heart aren't just personality traits. They're clinical tools. The warmth and safety I bring into our sessions creates the kind of environment where real honesty can happen, where you can finally say the things you've been carrying quietly, and where the truth can land without shame attached to it. I will reflect things back to you clearly and directly, but always from a place of deep respect for who you are and who you're becoming.
You are not a problem to be fixed. You are a person with incredible capacity, and I genuinely can't wait to help you see that.