I practice from a psychoanalytic, relational perspective. I view psychotherapy as a path to greater self-awareness, a deeper understanding of oneself, ones relationships and the world. While it is often acute symptoms like anxiety, panic, or depression that bring us into therapy,  deeper concerns, sometimes outside our awareness, must be addressed in order to make lasting change.

It is my belief that the mind body connection is powerful and any approach to treatment must honor the whole person and both the pain and wisdom that reside in our beings.

We create both conscious and unconscious narratives about who we are in the world, what we can expect from other people, and how to be in relationships from the moment we enter the world and begin forming attachments to those caring for us. These attachments are powerful road maps for understanding both our strengths and vulnerably. Psychotherapy promotes the authenticity, vulnerability, and interdependence necessary for meaningful relationships and self-actualization. 

Pregnancy and Postnatal Treatment

I specialize in treating women and families during the transition to parenthood—during pregnancy, early postpartum, and beyond. I recognize that the transition to parenthood brings with it an overwhelming range of thoughts and feelings---from transcendent joy to the depths of despair, and everything in between. A common reaction to these sometimes difficult and ambivalent feelings is self-judgment and insecurity, leading to greater suffering. My aim is to help my clients hold and parent themselves as they learn to do this for another.

I help my patients to reflect on early attachment patterns and past trauma as a way to understand and consciously shape their forming of a parental identity. I also assist them in practicing being in the present moment with their own feelings and those of their children to work toward the goal of responding less out of fear and anxiety, and instead by building relationships within families in a more thoughtful, grounded way.