Individual Therapy

I work with adults one on one in virtual weekly sessions over Zoom.  While deep change can take time to facilitate in therapy, my most immediate focus is on helping you find relief from the suffering that’s bringing you into therapy in the first place.  I think of my approach as similar to a barn raising, when members of a community come together to help someone in need build or fix a house.  I will get into your life with you, including offering advice, sharing how I might have done something and coming up with solutions together for how to help things feel better for you now. 

Couples Counseling & Family Therapy

I work with adult pairs 18 years and older on improving their relationships and communication in virtual sessions over Zoom.  I work with people in romantic relationships, marriages, family relationships and business partnerships.  I approach this type of work very differently than therapy with individuals.  I find it useful to get to the heart of challenges quickly and I share my perspective directly about what I think is happening and how to improve the situation. We should see positive change in just a few sessions, though sometimes people put in work over several months to focus in on various areas of improvement and to ground their changes.

How I work:

I am a depth-oriented relational therapist, which means that in session together, we not only work on your relationships - to yourself, your loved ones and the formative ones that shaped you growing up - but I also pay attention to and find great use in focusing on what may come up in our relationship.  This type of work requires trust and regular connection, so it can take time - I work weekly at a minimum and often for years with clients who are engaged in this type of transformative work.  I believe working in therapy in this way can be one of the best uses of your time, energy and money to increase your satisfaction with your life.  It certainly has been that for me.  My style is direct, honest, expressive and there is a lot of back in forth in sessions.  I always share my thinking and experience that I believe would be useful to you.  I enjoy laughing together when that’s appropriate.  I often integrate my spiritual perspective alongside my psychological thinking.

Areas of Focus/Specialties:

Neurodivergence, Atypical Autism, PDA Autism, Polyamory, ENM and Open Marriage, self-actualization & empowerment, family planning, LGBTQ & otherness in general.