Life doesn’t come with a manual, which means that humanity must resort to trial and error when it comes to the challenges and lessons that come our way.

My Approach

I believe therapy gives us tools to create the life story we want to tell and that it often starts with unlearning the ways we’ve learned to hide our authentic selves. Yes, therapy can help us plan for the future, but it can also take us on a journey home to the truest version of ourselves. The therapeutic partnership I seek to develop with clients is grounded in trust, compassion, and honoring the essential human need to feel seen and supported.

I work with adolescents and their families, couples, and individuals. As an integrated therapist, I use many therapeutic modalities depending on client needs. I practice through a strength-based, culturally humble, client-centered lens and remind myself often that my clients are the authors of their own stories.

The types of therapy I bring into client partnerships generally include humanistic psychology, attachment-based therapy, mindfulness practices, play and art therapy, somatic interventions, and psychodynamic therapy.

Therapeutic Modalities

  • Humanistic Psychology

    Every person has a unique story, so I don’t believe in cookie-cutter approaches to therapy. I will support you through person-centered therapy as you connect more deeply to your own inner wisdom - that intuitive part of you that always knows the way.

  • Attachment-Based Therapy

    Sometimes, to write a new chapter, we must re-read those that came before. We will explore the most impactful relationships of your past to uncover any attachment wounds that may be holding you back in the present.

  • Mindfulness Practices

    Gaining awareness of the stories and thoughts that no longer serve us can be liberating. We will practice ways for you to let go of automatic negative thoughts and to understand the signals your body is sending you so that you can show up to your life with more presence.

  • Play and Art Therapy

    I believe play creates a forum for children and adults alike to express parts of our stories that words cannot always convey. Play invites us to be present and tap into parts of ourselves that may be seeking a non-verbal release or are from a pre-verbal time. If you’re open to it, we might role-play, draw, dance, create ceremonies, play games, or build sand worlds.

  • Somatic Interventions

    After trauma, adverse experiences, or the stress of everyday life, our nervous systems often need a check-in or tune-up. Somatic interventions can reveal how your body is holding on to stories or defense mechanisms that no longer serve you. Through breathwork, movement, and visualizations, we will slowly and safely foster an environment for you to find relief.

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    Through a psychodynamic lens, we will incorporate talk therapy to help move unconscious thoughts to consciousness. Then we can unpack and understand how these thoughts are helping or hindering you so that you have more control over your story.