adults (individuals):

Individual adult therapy provides a space that is intentionally focused on taking the necessary time to more fully understand your unique story and the symptoms you are experiencing.  Initially, our hope will of course to be to find practical ways to lessen the symptoms so that you can move about your life with less resistance. That said, while we work with your symptoms, we will also be looking to move beyond symptom management. To do so, we will pay much of our attention to the origins of what is causing the resistance in your life. Specifically, this aspect of the therapy will focus on early attachments, with the hope of more fully understanding the current effects (symptoms) of past relational adaptations being repeated in your present relationships and life experiences.  In addition, therapy will provide the initial practicing grounds for becoming more aware of how old rhythms play out and beginning to create new ones.  

adults (couples):

Couples therapy provides a unique opportunity to explore relational dynamics on a very intimate level. No matter how long you have been together, you have developed a unique way of communicating and relating to one another.  Therefore, initially we will work to understand the very specific way that you engage with one another, and we will take the time to better understand what is being felt by each individual when things go well, and not so well.  In addition, we will take the necessary time to understand the origins of each individual's particular way of seeing and experiencing the world, and explore how these origins both positively and negatively effect the relational dynamic.  As each of you begin to see and more empathetically understand the why behind the other's particular way of responding, there will be more space in the relationship to support one another as you work through your own journey and what it means relationally as your stories meet day after day.  

If you have questions or would like to set up an initial consultation please contact me here. 

areas of focus:

• depression

• anxiety, fears and phobias

• stress management

• career or family challenges

• relationship difficulties (intimacy issues, divorce, & pre-marital counseling)

• negative thinking

• shame and guilt

• grief/Loss

• parenting support

• low self-esteem/self-confidence

• physical and sexual abuse

• trauma