My Approach
A different way of doing therapy
I’m not especially interested in fixing people.
I’m interested in what happens when two humans slow down enough to actually notice what’s going on. In the body. In the mind. In the space between them. Without rushing to make it better, smoother, or more comfortable.
Many people come to therapy feeling broken, overwhelmed, or like they’re failing at being human. That experience is real. I don’t try to talk you out of it. I’m more curious about what it’s responding to, and what might happen if we stop treating it like something that needs to be eliminated.
From my experience, this work is less about healing in the traditional sense and more about learning how to be with yourself honestly.
The body and mind are one system
My work is grounded in a somatic and relational approach to psychotherapy. That means I don’t separate the mind from the body.
Thoughts, emotions, sensations, impulses, and the ways our nervous system responds in relationship are all part of one system, constantly shaping one another.
Sometimes this looks like noticing breath or tension.
Sometimes it looks like tracking a familiar thought loop.
Sometimes it’s realizing you’re performing, pleasing, withdrawing, or bracing, and being able to name that instead of hiding it.
None of this is wrong. It’s information.
Over time, you start learning your own internal language instead of overriding it or trying to think your way out of everything.
The therapeutic relationship matters
I practice relational therapy, which means the relationship itself is part of the work.
How you show up with me often echoes how you show up elsewhere. How you protect yourself. How you reach. How you hold back. How you try to get it right.
Instead of pretending that isn’t happening, we can talk about it. We can notice when either of us feels uncertain, guarded, uncomfortable, or alive. We can repair when things miss.
This work isn’t always heavy
Even though we touch serious things, this space isn’t meant to be solemn.
Sometimes the most regulating thing is laughter. Or music. Or moving your body. Or letting something be a little absurd instead of meaningful.
Play, joy, and aliveness aren’t rewards for doing therapy correctly. They’re part of how the nervous system remembers how to live.
I offer individual therapy and also work with couples and relationships of all structures. People come to this work for many different reasons, but there are some common threads.
Often it’s less about a single problem and more about a sense that something isn’t lining up anymore. You might recognize yourself in some of the following:
Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm
Complex and developmental trauma
Feeling disconnected from the body or intuition
Creative blocks and self-expression
Identity exploration and major life transitions
Recurring relationship patterns, attachment dynamics, or communication struggles
Psychedelic preparation or integration after non-ordinary experiences
Questions around meaning, purpose, + identity, which might sound like: “what is this all for anyway?”
Liberation and deconditioning work — understanding how systems, culture, and power shape the psyche
The particular strain of being a helper, healer, or therapist who needs a space to not be “the one holding it together”