Focus Areas

I work with adults 18 and older and often support clients in the following areas. These are described here in a more lived and experiential way, because many people do not come to therapy thinking first in diagnostic terms. They come because something hurts, feels heavy, or no longer fits.

When life feels heavy, driven, or hard to hold

You may look capable on the outside while inwardly feeling anxious, pressured, self-critical, restless, or unable to settle. You may be used to pushing through, staying productive, or holding yourself to exacting standards, even when part of you is tired and longing for relief.

When closeness feels complicated

You may want connection deeply and still find yourself bracing against it. Old attachment wounds can show up as fear of vulnerability, difficulty trusting, loneliness in relationships, or painful patterns of pursuing, withdrawing, pleasing, or protecting yourself before you can be hurt.

When the past still lives in the present

Some experiences do not stay neatly in the past. Trauma, emotional neglect, unresolved grief, or chronic overwhelm can continue to shape the nervous system, sense of self, and capacity for safety, rest, and connection. Therapy can help create a different kind of relationship to what has been carried alone.

When you are in a season of change

Sometimes people come to therapy because an old way of being no longer fits. Life transitions can stir grief, uncertainty, identity questions, and disorientation, even when the change is wanted. This may include shifts in relationship, work, family, aging, faith, or a deeper sense of self.

When food, body, or self-worth feel painfully entangled

Disordered eating and body distress are often about far more than food. They may hold shame, control, longing, fear, protection, and deeply internalized beliefs about worth. Therapy can offer a compassionate place to understand what these struggles are trying to manage and what healing might make possible.

When grief has many forms

Grief may arise through death, relational loss, estrangement, changing roles, unrealized hopes, or the life you thought you would have. Not all grief is obvious from the outside. Therapy can make room for sorrow, tenderness, anger, and meaning-making at a pace that feels human and bearable.

When perimenopause or menopause is touching more than the body

I also have a special interest in working with women navigating the emotional aspects of perimenopause and menopause. This season of life often brings more than physical change. It can stir grief, vulnerability, identity questions, body image concerns, emotional sensitivity, relationship strain, or a feeling that something once familiar no longer fits. Therapy can offer a steady place to make sense of these changes with compassion, honesty, and depth.

When you are the one others depend on

I especially value working with therapists, helping professionals, athletes, and other high-capacity individuals who are accustomed to being strong for others. Sometimes the people who function most competently in the world are also the ones least accustomed to having a place where they can lay that role down and be fully met in their own experience.