Individual Therapy

If you find yourself struggling, individual therapy can help. I offer evidenced based treatment with a warm and compassionate style. My work is strength based, meaning we focus on your strengths and help you build life experiences that align with your goals and values. In order to do so we sometimes need to “unpack” values, beliefs, and behaviors that may not be serving you so that we can introduce new concepts that allow for a more positive life experience. I provide individual therapy on:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Substance Use

  • Grief and loss

  • Family issues

  • Life transitions

  • Sexual and gender identity issues

  • Self-esteem

  • Life transitions

  • Difficulty managing emotions

  • Boundaries

  • History of abuse

Couples Therapy

Relationships can be a tricky thing to navigate. There can be bumps along the way at different points in a relationship and therapy can help learn to navigate those bumps. Using The Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) I can offer couples therapy in the following areas:

  • Pre-marital counseling

  • Communication

  • Increasing connection

  • Sexuality

  • Infidelity

  • Finances

  • Conflict Management

Trauma

I define trauma as any event from the past that causes distress in the present. The level of distress can vary. When we experience trauma, we store these events in our memory differently than we store non-traumatic memories. As a result, the area of our brain responsible for our fight-or-flight response, the amygdala, fires at an increasing rate as though we are in danger, even when we are not. This can happen when we experience something in the present that represents an aspect of our traumatic experience. We can end up feeling frustrated and hopeless and avoid anything that reminds us of our trauma. I believe that trauma can co-occur with many other symptoms that bring people to therapy including depression or substance use.   

I provide compassionate trauma therapy and utilize evidence-based practices. These include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I will create a clear treatment plan geared towards minimizing suffering and addressing the root of distress.