it is my foundational belief that we learn the most about ourselves when we consider our relationships. i’m fascinated by the ways we experience other’s actions and words, how we interpret others, what we expect of ourselves in relation to others. i find relationships to be a place of both profound hurt and immense opportunity for healing. we spend our lives in relationship — with ourselves, with our families, friends, lovers, partners, employers, pets, spaces. i think it deserves our attention.
i’m interested in supporting people to become curious about where they learned who they need to be in order to maintain relationships. many of us, early on, became entangled by stories and beliefs that told us we need to be something other than who we are to be connected. we developed ways to be that we believed would keep people close — but, usually, that meant pushing aside or denying parts of ourselves.
i work alongside you through the process of disentangling from stories, beliefs, messages, and mechanisms that keep you bound to shame, fear, and worry in relationships with yourself and with others. through exploring relationships with self, others, and our environment, past and present, we are able to identify and evaluate patterns that are disruptive and preventative to leading the kind of life and having the kinds of connections you desire. within the context of our our co-created, collaborative relationship i support you to find connection with your truest self so you may move more authentically and toward what you truly desire.
“To care of another individual means to know and to experience the other as fully as possible.”
— Irvin Yalom
approach
my approach is familiar, reflective, and collaborative. in our conversations we spend time in the intellectual, insightful space of wanting to know and make sense of as well as in the experiential depths of emotional processing.
i place as much emphasis on the external context of your experience as the internal, striving to work from an anti-oppressive, anti-racist, feminist lens with acknowledgement for each individuals lived experience and intersecting identities.
i work to co-create a consistent, authentic, and meaningful connection with those i work alongside so that the therapeutic relationship may be a foundation from which to explore new, healthy, and fulfilling ways of engaging with ourselves and others.
in my work i utilize an integrative approach, drawing from from psychodynamic and relational theories, systems perspectives, interpersonal therapy, DBT distress tolerance skills, and neurobiology. you are always welcome to ask me what these theories and approaches actually mean!
specialities & interests
family dynamics
relationships between parent and child at all stages of life
sibling relationships
aging parents
relational challenges
difficulty in partnership, peer, employment, and family relationships
couples
premarital, early/young couples
discerning interest in becoming parents
navigating the perinatal period
transitioning into parenthood
pregnancy and postpartum
perinatal anxiety and depression
pregnancy loss
birth trauma
education
BA in Sociology, Skidmore College
Master of Social Work, Smith College School for Social Work
PhD Candidate, Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research
trainings & professional engagement
Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT): Level 1 Certified
Ackerman Institute for the Family: Foundations of Family Therapy
Implicit Psychotherapy
Inner-Relationship Focusing (IRF)
Postpartum Support International: Perinatal Mood Disorders
Perinatal Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Trained Birth Doula