How I Work

Big statement about how I’m focused on three areas: trauma, attachment, and identity.

My Approach

More description about my therapeutic approach. I focus on three areas:

  • Trauma. What happened to you? Was it one acute event, or a lifetime of day-to-day experiences? How have you seen these things impact you?

  • Attachment theory. How do you relate to other people? To your environment? To yourself? What is your place in the world, and how did you learn that?

  • Identity. What is your identity, and how did it form? What do you want your identity to be moving forward? How can we help you realize that identity?

I integrate these main concepts (along with others) to facilitate healing and empowerment in your life.

Most important, though, is that you’re in control of what we cover in therapy. If you want to go deep in the processing, we can. If you want to leave some things alone, we will. If you want to talk about your latest favorite TV show/movie/book/lizard/etc., then I’m so excited to hear about it!

All of it belongs.

What That Actually Means

I’ll talk about the practical pieces of the therapy I offer.

Like, how I’m basically all telehealth, but I’m waitlisting for in-person services. And you’re welcome to start on telehealth and move to in-person as soon as I’m able to offer that.

I’m not going to give you “therapy homework,” but I’m also not expecting you to just go out and cope in-between sessions. We use our time together to explore and examine what happens outside of therapy, and look for ways to help you work towards your treatment goals in your day to day.

You don’t have to have your life all in order to work on your mental health goals, but we also want to make sure you’re experiencing enough stability to safely engage in deeper work. We’ll work together to balance finding you tools and resources for immediate relief, and putting in deeper work for long-term change.

Everyone needs something different from therapy, and I want to find what you need. My job is to provide the best therapy for you the individual, not to make you fit into a standard mode of treatment.

Also! I’m disabled myself, which means that I take a more flexible approach to scheduling. I listen to and honor the needs and limits of my body, and I invite my clients to participate in that work a well. A little bit more about how that works practically.