Finding a Space Where You Feel Heard, Seen and Understood

Finding a space where you feel genuinely heard, safe, and understood is often the hardest part of beginning therapy. Whether you are navigating personal anxiety, working through past trauma, trying to repair a partnership, or hoping to help your child flourish, the heart of effective healing, and/or growth, lies in the quality of the therapeutic relationship.

My approach is grounded in a client-centered framework. This means I approach my time with you with unconditional positive regard, empathy, and absolute respect, offering a compassionate, non-judgmental environment where true growth can unfold naturally. To best meet your unique needs, I integrate evidence-based, specialized modalities into our work across all stages of life, which are also an extension of the natural way our brains, bodies and nervous systems work. 

Individual Adult Therapy: Healing Trauma & Uncovering Whole-Self Balance

For individual adults navigating anxiety, life transitions, or lingering trauma, we combine the client-centered foundation with deep, integrative modalities:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS): We look at the different "parts" of who you are—the protective parts that keep you guarded, the overwhelmed parts that carry past wounds, and the core Self (the You that is there apart from the struggles and burdens) that holds your innate wisdom and calm. Unburdening these parts through IFS releases physical, mental, and emotional energy, allowing you to feel lighter, more capable, and confident—increasingly less affected down by your struggles.

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): For those carrying trauma, EMDR helps reprocess painful memories, relieving the nervous system of the distress associated with past events so you can move forward with freedom.

Couples Therapy: Reconnecting & Deepening Emotional Intimacy

When relationships hit roadblocks, communication can turn into conflict or distance. In couples therapy, we focus on rebuilding security, understanding, and trust:

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): We look beneath surface arguments to identify negative interaction cycles and uncover the core emotional needs driving them, creating emotional safety and secure attachment.

• IFS for Couples: We explore how each partner’s individual "parts" interact, helping you show up for one another with greater curiosity, compassion, and clarity rather than reactivity.

Teen Therapy: A Space for Autonomy, Safety, and Self-Discovery

Adolescence is a time of rapid transition, identity formation, and heightened pressure. Teens rarely respond well to being told how to think or feel.

Using a client-centered approach tailored specifically for adolescents, I offer teens a private, respectful space where they are taken seriously. Instead of trying to "fix" them, I help teens explore their internal world, process social and academic stressors, and build emotional self-regulation on their own terms. When teens feel truly seen rather than managed, they gain the confidence and clarity needed to navigate life's complexities.

Child & Play Therapy: The Relational Science of Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)

Children process the world differently than adults. When young people experience distress or behavioral changes, traditional talk therapy isn't enough.

• Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT): Play is a child’s natural language, and toys are their words. Through non-directive play therapy, children express feelings, build problem-solving skills, and process difficult experiences at their own pace.

• Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) & Relational Play: Grounded in the latest brain science, IPNB shows us that the human brain is a social organ shaped directly by relationships. In the playroom, healing doesn't happen through rigid techniques—it happens through a deeply attuned, highly relational connection. By offering a safe, co-regulating presence, we help rewire the child's nervous system, promoting brain integration, emotional resilience, and lasting behavioral change from the inside out.

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT): Strengthening the Parent-Child Bond

While individual play therapy provides immense value, parents remain the most important people in a child's world. CPRT is an evidence-based, treatment-model approach that empowers parents to become the primary agents of change for their children.

Through structured weekly guidance, parents learn specialized micro-skills—including reflective listening, therapeutic limit-setting, and intentional play sessions—to use at home. By shifting from traditional discipline to intentional connection, CPRT helps reduce behavioral challenges, ease home stress, and build a lasting foundation of mutual trust and emotional security.