In my work as a therapist, I start from the belief that most behaviors make sense in context. What looks like overthinking, people pleasing, shutting down, defensiveness, or avoidance is often protective, or once was. At some point, those strategies likely helped you cope, belong, stay safe, or get through something difficult. Over time, old ways of protecting yourself can begin to create new pain. There's definitely value in understanding why, but I believe change often happens when we slow down enough to notice how things are happening in real time and begin to practice something new.

 

I value authenticity, belonging, and honest connection. I care deeply about helping people build the capacity to be with discomfort and uncertainty, because so much change can become possible when we stop waiting for certainty before we move. I take a culturally responsive and systemic approach to therapy. That means I consider not only your inner world, but also the relationships, family patterns, communities, identities, and larger systems that have shaped your experience. I see therapy as a collaborative process. You're the expert of your lived experience. My role is to bring perspective, care, and presence that help you understand yourself more clearly and create meaningful change.

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I am attachment-informed and trauma-informed, and I draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, somatic approaches, and parts work. In practice, this might look like exploring relationship patterns, noticing what happens in your body during stress, getting curious about conflicting inner parts, building tolerance for discomfort & uncertainty, and experimenting with doing something different.