SPECIALTIES
We all face seasons of overwhelm, uncertainty, and heartache. My practice offers a space to slow down, listen deeply, and find healing in the places that need it most.
Relational Wounding
The places in our heart that got hurt by others.
The stories of your childhood shape how you feel, think, and relate to the world. The coping strategies and habits that once kept you safe often linger into adulthood, coloring your relationships, choices, and perspectives on life. With compassion, insight, and awareness, you can tend to these younger parts of yourself and discover new ways of wholeness, maturity, freedom, and healing.
You might ask yourself:
What are the places in my heart that got hurt by others?
How did I protect those places?
What do those parts of me still long for?
What would healing look or feel like for them now?
Relationship to Love
We learn early in life that love is the remedy.
Love is essential, yet early experiences often shape survival strategies that lead us to seek connection, approval, and validation in ways that may cause us to abandon ourselves or repeat painful relationship patterns. Over time, these dynamics can deeply impact our mental and emotional well-being. In therapy, we gently explore your relationship to love—uncovering the beliefs and habits that no longer serve you and may have caused harm. This work opens the path to discovering who you truly are, what you genuinely need, and how to create healthier, more fulfilling connections.
Co-Dependency
Help is regarded as being selfless, but it can come at a price when we leave ourselves behind.
Co-dependency is a learned way of meeting others’ needs out of fear of abandonment, rejection, or disconnection from those you love. While often disguised as kindness, duty, or selflessness, this pattern can come at a cost to your well-being—blurring the boundaries between your needs and others’, and leaving you feeling resentful, trapped, or depleted. In therapy, we gently uncover the origins of these patterns, the messages that shaped them, and the impact they have had on your life. Together, we explore new ways of relating that are authentic to who you truly are, allowing you to show up for others from a place of fullness and abundance.
Recovery and Emotional Sobriety
Expectations, unenforceable rules, not accepting reality, perfectionism, and holding resentments are all ways our parts try to manage discomfort, fear, and vulnerability.
Recovery and Emotional Sobriety are not simply about letting go of addiction, but about stepping into a new way of being. As old patterns fall away, a deeper connection to healing and spirit reveals itself, inviting transformation. This journey is one of discovery, challenge, and growth—a path toward becoming free, mature, and independent. Rooted in the wisdom of the 12 Steps, the second phase of recovery in Emotional Sobriety, and other healing traditions, our work together honors recovery as a sacred passage into wholeness.
Dark Night of the Soul
Navigating unseen waters without knowing where we are headed; when old identies no longer fit and new ones have not taken shape.
A Dark Night of the Soul is a season in life when, despite doing “all the right things,” you reach a crossroads marked by emptiness, hopelessness, or deep despair. Often brought on by a major life event—such as a death, divorce, loss of purpose, transition, or children leaving home—this experience can feel overwhelming. In many spiritual traditions, however, the Dark Night of the Soul is revered as a sacred passage into the next stage of healing and growth. In therapy, we work to bring meaning to this time, reshape the story, and approach it as an invitation for profound transformation and renewal.
Grief & Loss
It is an inevitable part of being human and yet, in the momentum of life, truly giving space to feel the heartbreak can so easily be missed.
Grieving is a deeply personal journey—nonlinear, unpredictable, and uniquely your own. Having a compassionate, non-judgmental space to express yourself is essential to the healing process. Grief deserves time, patience, and gentle care, and I hold a special interest in supporting those navigating the unique pain of suicide loss.
Divorce
Divorce is the unraveling of a story once believed in. The way life was once imagined changes forever; the hopes, wishes, and dreams for the future dissolve.
Divorce is a profound life transition, often unfolding differently than the future we once envisioned. While it brings pain and challenges, it can also open the door to growth and healing. My work focuses on helping you understand what may have been overlooked within the relationship and supporting you in navigating this transition with clarity and compassion.
Intergenerational & Legacy Trauma
Our feelings, beliefs, and physical manifestations are intertwined with the experiences of our ancestors. Together, we explore the energies, experiences, and perspectives that have influenced your life, shedding light on both conscious and subconscious influences and how they reveal themselves in the present day.
Depression
Depression is a loss of heart, often acting as a shield, protecting us from vulnerability, pain, and hurt. Instead of turning away from it, my approach encourages gently embracing it with curiosity, compassion, and awareness. By exploring the underlying pain and experiences, we open a path of care and self-compassion.
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
