Welcome.

I work with adults with navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, OCD, relationship issues, chronic pain, and more. Many of the clients I support carry complicated and confusing feelings about their parents and childhood, feel an internal pressure to be good or perfect, and appear confident or successful in some areas of their lives while privately struggling. Anxiety, depression, and chronic pain often arise when we are unable to fully be with the more painful parts of our lives or pasts, and the difficult emotions they hold. Most of us were never taught how to do this, and we were not meant to do it alone. Many people simply have not received the kind of support needed to hold life’s pain.

With warmth, humor, and authenticity, I help clients build the capacity to understand and accept both what they have been through and what they are facing now. I believe that when we can meet our experience with honesty and care, the need for psychological and physical symptoms, which are often protective in nature, begins to soften. From this place, it becomes possible to experience life in a way that feels safer, more whole, and freer.

My work is integrative and I primarily use relational, somatic, psychodynamic, and parts-work approaches. I integrate these perspectives to help clients explore the roots of their symptoms, build self-trust and felt safety, and move toward greater emotional clarity and connection with themselves and others. My perspective is also shaped by my experiences as a parent, step-parent, and social worker, and by my background in the arts and social justice nonprofit work. I bring particular attunement to healing from relationships, systems, or environments that once felt absolute, and to the quiet, courageous work of reimagining one’s life with greater freedom and self-leadership.

I grew up in the Midwest and have lived in New York City for over fifteen years. I am a trained vocalist with a deep love of music and the arts, and I find joy in decorating, gardening, and caring for my many houseplants. I am drawn to beauty in both physical spaces and in the unique ways people express themselves. This sensibility shapes my presence in the therapy room, where my work is guided by a commitment to helping clients reconnect with what is already there, waiting to be seen and lived.