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The Persistent Struggle
Chronic or recurring depression that holds you down. Generalized anxiety that steals your peace. No lasting relief despite your best efforts. You know something deeper is going on.
Who I Work With
Thoughtful adults,
ready for something deeper.
Most of the people I work with are intelligent, psychologically-minded, and have already tried the things that were supposed to be enough. They aren't broken. They are ready.
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The Relational Pattern
You find yourself caught in repetitive, painful dynamics — with a partner, a parent, a colleague, a friend. The pattern follows you wherever you go.
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The Childhood Inheritance — and Beyond
You recognize that your family of origin shaped you in ways that are no longer serving you. You want to understand how the past lives in the present, and you are willing to do real work to heal.
The Right Fit
Where this work lands well.
Individual psychotherapy for adults who are experiencing
- — Persistent depression, sadness, hopelessness, loss of motivation.
- — Chronic anxiety, panic attacks, excessive worry.
- — Relationship problems, conflict, attachment issues.
- — The effects of childhood abuse, neglect, lack of attunement.
- — Feeling stuck, empty, or not as happy as they could be even with pretty good lives.
- — Grief and loss: death, divorce or break-up, a move, aging, empty nest, retirement.
- — End-of-life questions and the search for meaning.
Relationship psychotherapy for couples, adult family members, roommates, coworkers with
- — Criticism, defensiveness, feeling unheard, arguing that never really gets resolved.
- — Feeling emotionally distant, lonely, or disconnected even when together.
- — Loss of trust, secrecy, suspicion or betrayal.
- — Repeating the same unhealthy patterns after promising change.
- — Tension due to differences in values, goals, finances, parenting, or lifestyle.
When this isn't the right fit
Honest, with care.
Part of the work of a first conversation is being honest about fit.
If you plan to harm or kill yourself or someone else, if you have such severe depression or anxiety that you cannot function, or if you are experiencing psychosis, then you need more support than I am able to provide in my solo, non-emergency private practice.
Please seek immediate help by calling 911 or go to the emergency room.
Concerns I often meet
Specific struggles, met with depth.
Parenting problems
Parenting surfaces every unfinished piece of our own upbringing. The work here is rarely about parenting techniques.
Addiction and compulsive patterns
Substances, food, work, screens, intensity — addictive patterns almost always sit on top of something the rest of life has not been able to hold.
Eating concerns and body image
Disordered eating, chronic dieting, and a punishing relationship with the body are rarely about food.