Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love. – Rainer Maria Rilke

Whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice. — Louise Glück

We learn through experience. And because many of our deepest wounds happen in relationship, relationship can also become a place of healing. In therapy, I keep us close to what is happening in the room, attending to you emotionally and somatically and bringing our here-and-now relating into the foreground.

I work to create the conditions for a deeply felt sense of safety, approaching tender feelings gradually, at a pace that allows us to notice what every part of you is trying to protect. I invite attention to the body, emotions, impulses, images, and what happens between us—forms of knowing that may reveal something you don’t already understand.

I believe we all have a core, undamaged self that can help guide us. We also develop protective strategies that were once necessary but may now constrain our lives or leave us divided against ourselves. Therapy can help us move toward these strategies with curiosity and compassion, understand what they protect, and create new possibilities.

I know both personally and professionally how much courage it can take to approach what has long felt unreachable or alone. I have worked in mental health and crisis settings since 2005 and don’t shy away from experiences or symptoms that feel severe, frightening, or difficult to discuss. I specialize in complex and relational trauma, attachment wounds, chronic pain and illness, and relational therapy for partners and families.