Specialities
Children
I work with children from a child-centered play therapy approach, which means your child’s play, stories, and creativity help guide the work while I provide a warm, consistent, and emotionally safe space. Within that foundation, I also integrate research-supported cognitive-behavioral strategies when they fit naturally, using games, stories, art, and other developmentally appropriate tools to help children understand their feelings, manage worries, and build practical coping skills.
This work may be especially helpful for children struggling with anxiety, emotional regulation, bullying, fears, sleep difficulties, nightmares, or stress that is hard to express directly. I also partner closely with caregivers to create simple, realistic routines and a shared language at home so that the skills your child practices in therapy carry over into everyday life.
Teens
Therapy with teens is grounded in respect, collaboration, and emotional honesty. I aim to create a space where teens can feel understood without feeling judged or pushed, while also helping them make sense of what is happening internally and develop tools that feel relevant to their actual lives.
Sessions may focus on anxiety, emotional overwhelm, family stress, identity, social challenges, or neurodivergence. I often integrate behavioral and DBT-informed strategies flexibly, helping teens build coping, regulation, and communication skills in ways that feel authentic to them.
Young adults
My work with young adults is active, collaborative, and practical. Together, we make room for your past and current experiences and use that understanding to support changes that feel meaningful and realistic in your day-to-day life.
I pay close attention to the parts of life that often feel especially intense in this stage, including friendships, dating, family relationships, school, work, identity, and independence. In our work, we might create written plans, visual tools, and body-based calming strategies, and find technology and boundary routines—or other small, realistic steps—that help follow-through feel easier.
Adults
My approach with adults is active, collaborative, and practical. Together, we make space for both what you have been through and what you are carrying now, and use that understanding to support changes that feel meaningful and realistic in your day-to-day life. I pay close attention to the impact of neurodivergence, stress, work burnout, and the mental load that so many people find themselves carrying.
My hope is that therapy feels like a space that is safe from judgment, reflective, and somewhere you can feel understood while also working toward a life that feels more sustainable, grounded, and aligned with your values.
Couples
Couples therapy with me is a place to get practical, respectful support for both the emotional and day-to-day parts of your relationship. My approach is active, structured, and collaborative: we explore the patterns that repeat in your relationship, where they come from, and decide together what might help the relationship feel more stable, connected, and workable.”
I draw mainly from cognitive-behavioral, DBT, and trauma-informed frameworks, with attention to communication, emotional regulation, and specific skills you can use between sessions. I keep in mind that people experience and express emotion in different ways, and we work together to find ways of relating that feel workable and respectful for both of you.
Family, Parent, and Caregiver Support
My approach with families is warm, structured, and focused on making day-to-day life feel more manageable. I help families step back from what’s been happening, better understand the patterns between them, and explore new ways of relating that feel calmer and more supportive.
I also work directly with parents and caregivers, focusing on simple, realistic strategies you can use at home—around routines, communication, and supporting regulation for both kids and adults. The hope is that home can feel more predictable, connected, and workable, even when life is stressful.
Getting started
If you are considering therapy, the first step is reaching out to see whether this feels like a good fit.