Great therapy can be self-affirming, life-saving, and transformative. My highest motivation as a therapist is to help people reconnect with their internal sense of self-knowledge and live in a more authentic way. I work within individuals in a DBT and somatic IFS model, which provides practical skills, psychoeducation and a guiding philosophy as well as a more speculative internal curiosity towards your belief systems and inner thought processes. I work with individuals to process systemic and interpersonal traumas. Therapy frequently becomes an opportunity to reflect not only on past experiences of pain, but also an opportunity to reflect on what our values, goals, and desires are. Within a conversation about our limitations, boundaries, wants, needs, and preferences, we're able to better understand what is standing in the way between ourselves and our most fulfilling life. In that tension, we have the opportunity for choice and in those choices we have the opportunity to better understand ourselves, our motivations, and to create greater meaning and connection.

Within my work with couples I utilize the Gottman Method. I work with couples who have experienced attachment injuries within their relationships or have a history of insecure attachment styles. I work with couples who are navigating new responsibilities, challenges, or curiosities in their relationships. I have experience working with couples exploring kink and ethical non-monogamy. My work as a couple's therapist is primarily to support the existing friendship between partners and to help partners reflect on concrete skills (e.g., conflict management strategies). Couples counseling also involves helping partners appreciate their partner's vulnerabilities and history and how that impacts their relationship now.

I am a Registered Social Worker and a Silberman School of Social Work graduate with a Master's degree in Social Work. Over the past seven years, I have worked with adults in community-based programs, private practices, and non-profits in a therapeutic role. I have also worked with 2SLGBTQ and poly couples, unhoused and 2SLGBTQ youth, grieving community members, young people involved in the criminal justice system, and dual diagnoses. Some of my most rewarding work has been with identity integration for neurodiverse populations, 2SLGBTQ individuals, and men.