“I truly love this work and am deeply grateful to be able to connect with my clients and play a small role in helping them overcome obstacles and realize their potential.”
What was your path to becoming a therapist?
I began my career in advertising, but I simply did not find the deeper emotional meaning I sought. I sharply changed course and became a therapist in order to find this meaning (and I found it here in abundance). I truly love this work and am deeply grateful to be able to connect with my clients and play a small role in helping them overcome obstacles and realize their potential.
What should someone know about working with you?
In my first interaction with a client, I let them know that I am an active therapist but not prescriptive. This means I will use active listening, reframing, and strengths-based approaches that are collaborative while respecting your values. I am not a heavy advice-giver, I am staunchly nonjudgmental, and I will be looking for YOUR best way through a challenge (rather than imposing my own).
What do you do to continue learning and building competencies as a provider?
Despite primarily being a psychodynamic therapist, I thread in behavioral techniques for clients who can benefit from in-the-moment methods to manage acute symptoms or cognitive distortions. I am currently focusing on building additional competency in both CBT and DBT, and I speak regularly with colleagues and mentors to keep my skills sharp. Learning is a key aspect of growth and it is life-long!
How do your core values shape your approach to therapy?
Our identities are nurtured by aligning with our core values, and I am driven to bring this practice to my clients and exemplify it in my work. By being nonjudgmental, accepting, and invested, I try to hold a mirror to my client so they can feel truly deserving and supported and ultimately transition to a new way of accepting and caring for themselves.
“I am not a heavy advice-giver, I am staunchly nonjudgmental, and I will be looking for YOUR best way through a challenge (rather than imposing my own).”