I see clients exclusively online via video chat or by phone in both California and Oregon. You will need a good internet connection. In lieu of that, I also provide therapy via telephone. Please contact me for a complimentary 20 minute consultation call where I can help you to assess if online therapy may be right for you.
It takes immense courage to recognize when the ways you’ve learned to cope are no longer serving you. Often, clients reach out to me when they feel stuck in painful patterns, overwhelmed by anxiety, or carrying a heavy, persistent sense of dread. If talk therapy alone hasn’t brought the relief you need, I am here to offer something deeper. Experiential therapy-therapy that is focused on here and now awareness of embodied experiences, can often produce lasting changes in feelings and behavior.
Therapy can be a powerful place to acknowledge patterns, and with that awareness start to make new choices. Trained in a variety of modalities, I tend to use interventions that bring you into deeper awareness of your body and help to facilitate understanding, healing, change, and integration. I also integrate a knowledge of neuroscience into our work and when appropriate, can share the science behind what we do in our sessions.
Individual therapy with me can be particularly helpful to people who grew up in dysfunctional homes, have experienced emotional abuse or neglect, struggle with anxiety, relationship issues, emotional regulation challenges, codependency, negative self-concept, trauma, ADHD, and OCD. My practice is identity-affirming, sex-positive, LGBTQ+ celebrating, and ENM-informed.
Couples often come to therapy when their relationship is in dire need of help. Maybe they haven’t had sex in a while, they are bickering all the time, or both partners seem to have given up in some way. There may be infidelity, codependency, or disagreements that never seem to get worked out. Having an unbiased mediator and someone outside of the relationship can be helpful to identify where the harmful patterns begin and can help couples to talk about things they may not have been able to say before.
There are some couples that are doing well and just want to go deeper, ensure a lasting relationship dynamic, or work on some small issue. I welcome this as well. I can help couples to communicate better, connect on a deeper level, or work out small “bumps in the road”. Whatever your particular issue may be, I urge you to contact me for a free 20-minute consultation to see if I can be of assistance.