Therapy shaped by experience.Grounded in relationship.
I've been a therapist for more than three decades, and if there's one thing those years have taught me, it's that therapy isn't about having all the answers.
It's about creating the kind of relationship where you can be honest, curious, uncertain, and fully yourself.
What decades of therapy have taught me
Relationship comes first.
Techniques matter, but meaningful therapy begins with feeling understood and having a relationship where you can be honest.
People are more than their problems.
A diagnosis or difficult chapter may describe part of what you're experiencing, but it doesn't define who you are.
Change rarely follows a straight line.
Sometimes progress means moving forward. Sometimes it means understanding why you keep returning to the same place. Both can be part of the work.
What it's like to work with me
I don't believe therapy should be something that is done to you.
You bring your life, your history, your questions, and your own sense of where you want to go.
I bring experience, curiosity, perspective, and a willingness to sit with you when the answers aren't immediately clear.
My style is warm, conversational, and collaborative. I listen closely, ask questions, offer perspective when it may be useful, and trust that meaningful therapy often unfolds in ways neither of us could have scripted beforehand.
You don't have to have it all figured out.
People often come to therapy knowing that something needs to change, but not necessarily knowing what that change looks like.
That's okay.
We can start with where you are.