Psychotherapy
Feeling Better Through Life’s Challenges
When life feels overwhelming, it rarely stays contained to one part of your life. Stress and anxiety can affect your work, your relationships, and your confidence. A major life transition can make you question who you are. Living with an illness or disability can lead to depression and isolation.
Many people come to therapy after spending years putting everyone else's needs first. Others arrive when they feel overwhelmed, stuck or disconnected from themselves and life.
If you’re seeking therapy because of a voice, breathing, or swallowing issue, unlike traditional therapists, I’m already familiar with your condition and, more importantly, how to treat it.
If you need additional support with communication — after a stroke for example—I can adapt how we communicate to make therapy more accessible.
Whatever your struggling with, you don't have to figure it out alone.
Therapy offers a safe space to slow down, make sense of your experience, and move toward lasting change with greater awareness, self-understanding, and practical tools.
At its core, this work is about being kind to yourself and learning to fully live all of life’s moments.
My approach is somatic, relational, and active. It includes:
Somatic Approaches: listening to what your body is communicating, not just your thoughts
Polyvagal Theory: understanding how your nervous system responds to safety and stress
Gestalt Therapy: present-moment awareness of how you experience yourself and your life, exploring what is actually true right now rather than what past experience taught you to believe
Internal Family Systems (IFS): getting to know the different parts of yourself with curiosity rather than self-criticism
Therapy is different for everyone. Maybe it’s about grieving what has been lost, discovering boundaries, healing your relationship with your body, or self-advocacy. Maybe it’s about letting go of stories that are no longer true or were never yours in the first place.
In addition to talking, we’ll use breath, movement and imagination to create awareness, regulate your nervous system, and create healthier ways of being.
Change begins with curiosity, not perfection.
How We Work Together
Every person is different. Begin by sending me a message and letting me know what you would like to get from therapy. From there, we'll decide together on the best next step, whether that's booking an appointment or arranging a brief introductory call.
Sessions are virtual, collaborative, and tailored to your needs. We begin by exploring what has brought you to therapy, along with the relationships, experiences, and beliefs that may be contributing to how you're thinking, feeling and behaving. From there, we'll develop an approach fits your priorities, values, and readiness for change.
As much as we’d like it to be, healing and growth isn't necessarily linear or logical. Practicing compassion is key to the work. Some challenges can shift quickly, while others take more time. Throughout the process, we'll pay attention to how your thoughts, emotions, breath, body, and relationships shape each other; helping you develop new ways of responding to yourself and the world around you.
You'll leave sessions with greater insight, practical strategies, and a deeper understanding of yourself.
Sometimes a different experience opens the door to new awareness.
Breathwork offers another way to deepen awareness, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with yourself.
Many people find it complements psychotherapy, while others discover it's the place they begin.