The work we'll do together is sincere, authentic, deliberate, and collaborative. We’ll work to build a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship and will move at a pace that feels right for you. Sessions might be equal parts tears and laughter. I won't shy away from or rush through the painful feelings or experiences, or the joy and magic that can unfold from self-discovery and healing.

I believe our emotions can guide us. They can be a compass and help us understand what hurts and needs tending to, and what might help us feel more grounded and connected in our lives and relationships. But they can also feel really scary. Maybe your emotions feel too big or overwhelming sometimes. Maybe you learned early in life that expressing them came with consequences. Maybe you've had to push them away just to function, or to take care of others. There are a lot of reasons we learn to be afraid of our feelings, and actually, usually those reasons make a lot of sense when we investigate them. Whatever has made emotions feel difficult or scary, we can figure out together how to honor those reasons that have helped you get to where you are today, and also how to find new ways of coping with them and making space for them in a way that doesn’t feel overwhelming or scary. 

Whatever your relationship with your emotions looks like, we start there. You don't have to come knowing what you’re feeling or how to talk about what you feel. Part of our work can be learning to notice and name what's happening inside of you, getting curious about it, and figuring out what you need. 

And to what end? Not to feel happy all the time, or to never struggle again. I think it's more about building a life that has more connection, compassion, joy, resilience, movement, flexibility; more capacity to ride the waves of hard feelings without being completely swept up in them. We’ll figure out together what your goals might be in how you want to feel and be in the world, and work towards them. 

We will also integrate concrete tools to help you scaffold the emotional work. Whether that's grounding skills, mindfulness, or breath work, or more cognitive tools to help challenge stuck thinking patterns, you'll learn plenty of concrete tools to start integrating into your life outside of sessions, giving you practical ways to support yourself.

If you’re interested in working together, let’s connect for a free 15-minute phone consultation. From there, we’ll do a full intake and assess further if it feels like we could be a good fit.