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About My Clients
Feeling disconnected in your relationship? Not seen, heard, respected, or valued by the person you care about the most? Not on the same team? Stuck in the same repetitive miscommunications or fights or silent distancing? Lost as to how and why things have changed? Unsure how to change or fix it? Couples therapy or individual relationship therapy can help. I support you to find the connection, clarity, and understanding you desire inside your self and your relationship.
My Background and Approach
Most relationships I work with are generally a good fit and happy together, yet despite their best efforts, they keep getting stuck in the same place over and over again. My process is that it's not necessarily about the *issue* you are trying to solve or fix- It's about the pattern you get stuck in in trying to talk about it that leaves you feeling disconnected. We are first going to look at this pattern in communication where you get stuck. Then, after we get to know it, and it's no longer causing so much trouble, we practice exchanges that may feel different from the ones you have at home. I work with an experiential model, which means we are going to learn to have difficult conversations in session, in the moment. I am extensively trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), the most empirically validated method for restoring the connection between pairs. I am also a Certified Sex-Therapy Professional trained in methods for restoring and improving sexual intimacy.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that the strongest among us are those who can reach for others. The fact that you are seeking therapy says that you are strong, and that you have the courage to expand yourself and your possibilities for your life. In my childhood and early adulthood I was too scared to ask for help or tell people how I really felt for fear of rejection or abandonment. Through my own therapy, I learned how to be honest, trust others, and foster great relationships. I want you to feel the enduring security, freedom, and love I have felt in your relationship/s. Before I became a therapist I spent a decade working in climate activism where I came to believe that we can’t heal the planet if we can’t heal as individuals. I’m a lover of the natural world, fitness, dance, and music- all of which inform my therapy practice.