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My approach to therapy is rooted in joy, and appreciation for the vibrancy of each person I treat. When stress, anxiety, depression, history of trauma, or complicated relationship or family dynamics impact our daily lives, it can be challenging to have self-compassion, find solutions, or ask for help. With consistent treatment, most clients see a decrease in severity of symptoms, improved ease in managing stressful situations, and an increase in self-esteem and quality of relationships.

Deep connection, trust, and good fit will allow us to collaborate on your most complex issues and areas for personal growth. Using multiple therapeutic techniques, we will co-create a plan. I connect with and share intense emotional experiences in a safe, healing relationship. I am especially attuned to dimensions of difference and identity and strive to meet my clients where they are. During your initial consultation, your questions will be primary, and together we will clarify your goals, and problems to address. It is paramount that our plan feels clear and comfortable, knowing that we will revisit and adjust it over time.

I strive to create a supportive and collaborative environment in which you can access your inherent strengths and find the answers that are right for you. Whether you're feeling depressed or anxious, going through a difficult life transition, experiencing grief or bereavement or simply wanting to understand yourself and the choices you make in a deeper way, psychotherapy can help.

How does one belong and feel connected to others without giving up their true selves? How does one find one's place and purpose in this world? How does one take their most cherished values and use them to find more meaning and fulfillment in their lives? These questions emerge at different points in one's lifetime and can easily be drowned out by life's events (ex. breakups, school issues, life transitions, trauma). I help pre-teens, teens, young adults and full-fledged adults with these questions. I'm a seasoned mental health therapist who has worked in variety of hospital, community mental health and school health settings.

Having worked many years in busy NYC clinics, I have a broad experience base and am comfortable working with many different kinds of patients, including adults experiencing depression and other mood problems, people with obsessive compulsive disorder, people who have experienced trauma, and people going through major life changes and transitions. While I'm most comfortable working longer-term (six months and more) with patients, we will talk about your preferred therapy length in our initial consult. This therapy length refers to psychotherapy; consults for gender-affirming care letters are often only 1-2 sessions.

I specialize in working with folks with stigmatized behaviors and identities, or who are otherwise mistreated and ignored in traditional mental health settings. My therapeutic approach is, above all else, strengths-based and person-centered. You are the expert in your own experience and what you need. If you're learning to safely unmask your neurodivergent self, exploring your gender identity or sexuality, examining your substance use, or navigating non-traditional relationship structures like ethical non-monogamy, polyamory, BDSM, or queerplatonic dynamics, I'd love to work with you!

I specialize in the treatment of what are often interconnected problems (mood and anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and trauma), as well as the treatment of behaviors that can develop in response, such as substance use (in an effort to self-medicate). I believe we all do the best we can to cope with pain, using whatever skills we have available. And yet sometimes our best efforts to avoid suffering can serve to keep us stuck retreading the same paths. Step by step, let's venture forward in our work together, letting suffering subside as we uncover meaning, learning to live more full and valued lives.

Are you seeking to understand long-held patterns that you aren't sure why you keep repeating? Are you looking to do deeper work, and get to the root? Are you seeking support as you try to navigate difficult interpersonal relationships or work challenges? Are you going through a difficult life change and unsure of where to turn? Are you feeling taken advantage of and seeking to strengthen boundaries? I would love to help you discover more about yourself and support you in the process. My style is warm, open and interactive. I view the therapy relationship as a partnership, and together we can work toward your goals.

I understand the vulnerability, trust and courage it takes to engage in psychotherapy and confide your deepest worries, fears and desires in someone. I also know that it can be challenging to nourish your self-esteem and experience positive emotions when you feel consumed by excessive worry and the recurrent distress of traumatic events. You don’t have to do this alone. Together we will work on developing the mechanisms you need to cultivate inner peace and harmony as you weather some of your life’s transitions.

As your therapist, my first concern is to create a safe and supportive place where you can explore what brings you to therapy. Whether you feel stuck in an unfulfilling relationship or are searching for more meaning in your day to day life, my approach will bring movement and change. I believe the therapeutic relationship is the key to successful therapy and we will practice authentic, present-centered dialogue including emotions held in the body. As we explore what is happening in the moment we often create new experiences that can replace old, obsolete or no longer use full patterns of belief.

An ideal client would be an individual seeking to prioritize and proactively engage in managing their mental health. Life’s challenges and successes alike, often see their best outcomes when we are at our best mentally, physically, spiritually and emotionally. Engaging with us can help you reach pressing life goals, mend broken relationships, understand yourself in transformative ways and so much more that will supplement your wellbeing.

Beginning or resuming psychotherapy is a deeply personal choice that is often met with complicated and sometimes even conflicting emotions. I believe that in order for people to make the best use of psychotherapy, they need to feel respected, safe, and supported within the therapeutic relationship. This lays the foundation upon which one can better understand themselves and in turn grow. My practice aims to assist people with improving the quality of their interpersonal relationships, deepening their understanding of the familial/relational context in which they were raised, and living a more fulfilling life.