Beginning psychotherapy can be a very hopeful but intimidating experience. You may be wondering: What will a therapist make of my story? How is therapy going to really help me feel better? or resolve my problems? My goal is to help you understand what your emotions really are and how they affect your mind, brain and body. We tend to over-focus on our thoughts and tune out emotional experience. What is really healing is to have awareness of both and understand how thoughts and emotions work together to help you feel better or worse depending how you handle them.
Our feelings have a potential to cause trauma and every day stress. I can help you connect to your emotions as the path to healing your anxieties, depression, low self-esteem and other life challenges. We will focus on how to work with your emotions in a skillful, productive way so you can meet challeneges of your life and your relationships with more ease
I work with a lot of people navigating transitions like dating, decisions to get married, individual and marrital adjustment to becoming a parent, resolving trauma, loss and its impact on your life in the present. I integrate mind-body therapies and bring openness and compassion to every issue we focus on, and share my thoughts and recommendations.