I offer both individual and couples counseling to adults of all ages, also teaching mindfulness meditation when desired. In addition to ameliorating symptoms, decreasing emotional pain, and helping to solve difficult problems, therapy and meditation can facilitate significant personal growth and increased wellness. My approach is broadly humanistic, meaning we seek together in a safe and secure environment, mutual understanding of you as a whole person, honing your internal "voice" and tapping into your existing strengths. Once we identify who you really are and what is most important to you, the path to bringing your life into alignment becomes clearer.
Concerns with which I assist include anxiety, depression, relationship and family distress, loss- and other trauma- related reactions, decision-making, general life transitions, and other stressors. I have special expertise in LGBTQ and gender issues, attachment and couples therapy, fertility and family planning, and end of life concerns and grief.
In addition to holistic and meditative practices and the use of body in therapy, I've incorporated other creative tools into my work with clients, such as metaphor, poetry, art, and music. My work is client-focused and informed by feminism, multiculturalism, and social justice and other systems perspectives.