Whether you’ve lost a loved one, job or significant relationship, grief can be overwhelming. Anxiety, depression, isolation, and hopelessness are all standard experiences after loss. Unfortunately, life does not pause when we are grieving and we are still expected to keep up with the demands of life while carrying enormous emotional pain. Sometimes, those closest to us can’t provide all the support we need. Therapy can be a place to release and process painful emotion. I offer a space where you can share about your loss in ways you might not be able to in other areas of your life.

As humans, our brains are wired to love and create attachments with one another. While we hold the innate ability to love and bond, we also hold the capacity to grieve in the face of loss. When the pain feels too great, remember, you were built for this.

In many parts of the world, grieving is considered a sacred time. However, the discomfort surrounding death in our culture can lead those experiencing loss to feel isolated and alone. You might experience additional losses, as you no longer have the energy that which does not support you. This can be an incredibly painful, confusing time. Grief can make us feel lost at sea, struggling to stay afloat.

My role is to help you find ground again, to hold a non-judgmental space for your grief, while offering guidance on how to navigate the emotional, mental, and spiritual complexities it brings.

Trauma, at its essence, is an experience so overwhelming we are unable to process our emotions. As a way of navigating the experience and avoiding future hurt, we develop protective strategies and unconsciously write a story about who we are and the world around us. These strategies and beliefs, while helpful at the time, control how we navigate life, and in effort to avoid painful emotion, also block us from the full expression of emotions such as joy and love.

My role is to help you untangle these narratives in a safe and transformative way, using trauma-informed practices to help your nervous system rediscover safety. Together, we will peel back the layers of past experiences and unconscious held beliefs to help you reconnect to your true self and develop a deeper connection to life.

Trauma, depression, grief, painful experience in past relationships can all prevent us from being able to connect in our current partnerships. Loss can have a significant impact on our ability to trust and connect, we may unconsciously shut down with those we love as a way to protect against the pain of potential future loss. It can become like second nature to guard, defend and protect yourself from being vulnerable with others. This becomes a paradox, because vulnerability serves as the key to connection. Therapy can be a space to help bring these defenses down and open up again to satisfying love. My goal is to help you navigate the hardships, rediscover connection and strengthen your relationship to self and each other.

Adolescents today face a unique set of challenges and social pressure. The prevalence of social media and other factors of the current cultural climate have lead to a rise in rates of depression, anxiety, and self-harm. Rites of passage that once served to help adolescents integrate the transition into adulthood are no longer commonplace and there can exist extreme confusion on what it means to come of age in this culture. The teenage years are a powerful yet vulnerable time, I work with teens to help them foster resiliency and better coping skills, emotion regulation, and adaptive tools for navigating life.

My other areas of expertise include working with complex trauma or CPTSD, existential concerns, addiction recovery, intimacy issues and spirituality.