I’m grateful that you have taken the important first step of reaching out for support in working through your challenges. Our lives are all comprised of a a series of transitions, some of which cause great distress. I am hopeful that by working together, I can help you to find the clarity that you are looking for and work through the painful emotions of anxiety, anger, sadness and fear.
I am a big believer in the power of relationships to heal and sustain personal growth. I approach each session from this mentality. I am interested in genuinely getting to know you, and to understand your experience. You are the expert on your own life! I like to use my relationship with you to help you move through this moment in your life and to help you feel less hopeless or ‘stuck’ emotionally.
Sometimes in the midst of life everyday stresses and challenges, we fall into patterns of relating to our friends and family in a way that becomes fixed and ultimately unhealthy. Perhaps you are struggling with how to reconnect with your spouse, or how to better understand and communicate with your teenage daughter. Perhaps you are struggling to reconnect with your children after a divorce, or just want to figure out how to have more successful and fulfilling relationships with friends and loved ones. I can help you to explore and better understand these patterns, and work with you on how to change them for the better. I am a firm believer in the power of hope, and the power of relationships to be healing and growth sustaining. I would hope that you would trust me and feel comfortable sharing your experience with me so that could assist you in moving forward in your life.
I also know from my own experience just how helpful it can be to have a warm, consistent and at times challenging therapist. Whether exploring how past relationships may be impacting your present, or how family dynamics continue to play a role in your adult life, exploring relationship patterns has been extremely rewarding for me personally. I like to draw upon my understanding of the importance of this work when with my clients, I believe that all people are connected through shared experiences of understanding loss, adversity, love and ultimately, healing.
It’s my hope that each of my clients will experience my personality sense my authentic self. I don’t believe in sitting behind a notepad and leaving my clients confused about what I’m thinking or feeling. I like to be honest and encourage you to do the same. Again, it is my belief that we can use our relationship to help process your experience of therapy in order to be as productive as we can. I encourage feedback and collaboration. It is important to me that you feel understood and valued for who you are.