My Story

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, I specialize in relationship patterns. Whether you are a couple or an individual, a fulfilled life depends on emotions and the quality of connections. Emotions are not problems to be solved, but rather they are your body’s way of signaling your attention and guiding you towards what you long for and what you fear. The way we respond to this signal is by reaching out and seeking comfort from loved ones. We seek to be understood and to know we're not alone.

Tuning into your emotions and responding to their signal is what we are designed to do inherently, but too many negative interactions can rob you of this ability. You have learned that responding to emotions is risky. Relationships and culture have taught you that your feelings are overwhelming and unacceptable. You’ve tried sharing your feelings before, but you were left with more shame, disconnection, and hurt. Maybe you’ve even been told you’re too much or not enough. Over time, you learned to shut down or amplify your distress, believing it was the only way to be heard.

Emotions and relationships do not have to be rocket science. With well-researched, highly effective methods, Emotionally Focused Therapy will help you expand your emotional tolerance so that you can break free from painful patterns of communication, conflict, and distance and create deep and lasting connections. I will support you through the growing pains of emotional expansion with the utmost gentleness and collaboration. Through success in vulnerability, you will experience that relationships can be dependable and safe.

Healing happens in connection. My hope is that you graduate from therapy trusting that it’s okay to be in hard places and that you don’t have to be there alone.

I specialize in:

• Couples Therapy

• Anxiety & Depression

• Trauma

• LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy

• ADHD & neurodivergent

• Individual therapy