My Practice

My Approach

As a therapist and coach I am compassionate, respectful, authentic, warm and engaging. I create an atmosphere of safety to support your opening and exploring; a soft place to land, so to speak. I stimulate and challenge you when I sense you are ripe for it; at times this can be uncomfortable, and I stay close as your ally when those challenges prove painful.

My empathic abilities are strong and I have a way of really getting inside of your experience so that I might best understand what life is like in your shoes. I draw on your thoughts, feelings, somatic experiences and imagination as we work, and I do not check my sense of humor at the door.

While my work is grounded in theory and clinical training, it is powerfully infused with intuition and a wealth of personal experience.

I am authentically myself in my practice; I do not hide behind a pinstriped persona to project an air of professionalism. What most qualifies me to guide from “the chair” has been forged from my experience healing on “the couch.” I offer you the resources I have gained through my own extensive personal work.

​Who I Work With

My diverse educational, professional, and personal background brings me to this work uniquely equipped. I have an unusually broad range to my personality and experience; this gives me a deep understanding of, and ability to treat, a variety of different people with a variety of different challenges.

There aren’t many sets of emotional shoes I can’t get my feet into. Because of this, the chemistry between me and my clients strongly determines who I work most effectively with. If I believe that I can genuinely connect with you, I am confident I can effectively help you through Relational Depth Therapy or Coaching.

I work with adults of different backgrounds, ages, genders, and orientations.

That diversity keeps me on my toes with ongoing study, training, and experience, ensuring I maintain an open perspective unhindered by rigid preconceptions (tunnel vision). I am able to approach and understand you and your challenges from a number of different angles, giving me the best possible chance of finding the most effective one to help you from.

Finding the right “fit” in a therapist-client relationship is vital to the efficacy of this work.

I am much more interested in doing effective work than doing a lot of work. If for any reason we decide we are not a good therapeutic match, I am happy to provide referrals to a trusted clinician within my network who might be a better fit.