My Approach
I have a deep respect for my patients and the courage it takes to explore and confront the more challenging parts of ourselves and our histories. In my experience, a powerful and unique relationship can develop between us, which allows people to experience the relief of being understood and attended to. People often feel an expanded sense of aliveness, creativity and possibility when they have worked to understand their emotional lives and for many, it has proven to be a profound and transformative experience.
My practice is trauma-informed, psychodynamic, and relational, which means that I believe we need to be accompanied as we recognize, deconstruct, and heal the systems and experiences which have hurt us — and the ways we have accommodated ourselves to those hurts.
You are welcome in my practice.
I work with individuals and couples with diverse backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, we address the impact of individual and systemic trauma, unmet developmental needs, and the challenges of being human in this complicated time.
We are all shaped by our social location. As a cisgender white woman, I carry implicit bias and prejudice that I am actively working to deconstruct. Systemic inequality is real and I prefer to make explicit the potential of a power differential within our therapeutic relationship.
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My research focus
My thinking and research are rooted in attachment theory and the developmental tasks of our lives.