If you are considering therapy, chances are that you have either faced a loss or a trauma or that something is getting in the way of living your life fully. Often the things that trip us up happened long ago and the show up today in vexing ways. Even if you’ve had a lot of therapy and identified your childhood wounds, your reactions when activated may not seem to change.

It is not necessary to keep struggling. With new and surprising relational experiences, our brains can change and our reactions and stuck places along with them.

The two primary modalities I employ in my work are AEDP and AfEMDR. Both methodologies are highly relational, non-pathologizing, transformation driven approaches, designed to heal past trauma and live life more fully.

What do you long for more of, with each other? I will ask you this question and the answer will be our guiding light. We will explore and highlight the moments when your needs are being met by your partner as well. We will explore what gets in the way of your connection, including family of origin ruptures or trauma, old hurts, and communication ruptures.

The modality I practice is Transformative Couples therapy (TCT). I have worked with couples who simply want to deepen their connection as well as high conflict couples and everything in-between. My stance is one of love and respect for each couple member, their relationship, and the health of their family.

As a TCT certified supervisor I offer sliding scale supervision to therapists who are interested in learning the model.

Grief is a part of life.  It is a multifaceted reaction to loss.  We all experience different constellations of reactions but suffice it to say that we can be affected emotionally, physically, mentally and socially (to name a few).  Typically, we associate grief with the death of someone important to us, but we also grieve when there is an ending and let's face it, life is full of endings.  Even when an ending gives way to a new beginning (i.e. graduating high school and starting college), we can find ourselves surprised by our grief responses.

I specialize in working with folks at all stages of adult life who have experienced a death or another significant loss.  I have a particular interest in young adults who have experienced a death.  I also offer grief work with couples or adult families and I am available for grief groups as well.