I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) who works with individual adults and couples (18+).

I am comfortable working in a brief solution focused model as well as offering longer-term in-depth support to help with understanding and shifting blocks to life satisfaction. I approach my work with curiosity, compassion and respect while honoring each person’s values, beliefs and life experiences.

I can assist you with:

• Decreasing anxiety & depression
• Improving life balance & the ability to self-soothe
• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
• Building healthier & more satisfying relationships
• Understanding & healing attachment wounds
• Recovery support for addictions & codependency
• Grieving the loss of an animal companion/pet
• Healing from trauma/dysfunctional childhood

Individuals

I will help you address your personal concerns in a safe and nurturing environment. In addition to focusing on your stated goals for therapy, I will assist you in developing greater self-nurturing, self-understanding and an increased acceptance of self and others.

Couples Psychotherapy

In my work with couples, I help partners gain a deeper understanding of what happens within them and between them to erode blocks to healthy intimacy and satisfaction in the partnership. I see myself as a process consultant, assisting couples to better understand where they go when the emotional connection feels threatened. I use Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, an evidence based attachment theory as my main mode of working with couples.

Recovery Support

Therapy can be a very helpful adjunct to the work of recovery from addictions, codependency and compulsive behaviors. Areas I can assist with include:

• Learning new ways of coping
• Establishing healthier boundaries
• Therapy for couples in recovery
• Relapse prevention tools
• Understanding triggers & trauma response cycles
• Improving relationships with self & others
• I am Twelve Step knowledgeable & supportive

Pet Loss

For many of us, our animals hold a sacred place in our hearts, a space in which we experience the transforming grace of a totally unconditional love. When our beloved pet experiences a decline in health or dies, we may find ourselves in a level of grief and loss equal or greater than the loss of significant people in our lives.

Therapy can be a safe place to process the passing or decline of a cherished animal and all the feelings this evokes. This may include experiencing a recurrence of pain from previous losses we have endured which can create a complex grief reaction.