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About My Clients
Often, my clients repeat old and familiar ways of doing things despite winding up with the same troubling consequences: dating the same type of unavailable partner, burdened by the same feelings of self consciousness or sadness, feeling the same “freeze” or shut down response during conflict, or having the same fight with family members or spouse. My clients are good at working hard, but sometimes end up stuck, burnt out, or on a path anywhere from “something feels off” to "I need help now."
My Background and Approach
My approach is eclectic: my work is informed by somatic psychotherapy theory, nervous system science, social justice, and a background in psychology and social work. In addition to graduate training at NYU, I have been trained in psychodynamic and attachment approaches & somatic and mindfulness based interventions. I take an active stance in order to build trust in an open and curious space as we develop a treatment that facilitates change on multiple levels: clarifying and amplifying existing resources and strengths, working with the nervous system to reduce dysregulation while simultaneously working at a deeper, implicit level to understand how you've learned to relate to yourself and the world, identify opportunities to update core beliefs, and practice new ways of relating to self/others. My website includes more details about my training, credentials, perspective on change, and some honest reflections on the limitations of therapy - don't hesitate to reach out with questions!
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
Therapy can return us to our bodies and our intuitions, teaching us to value the more vulnerable parts of ourselves just as much as we value our brains and our grit. I am sex positive and a LGBTQIA+ affirming practitioner. I take an intersectional, political, and anti-oppressive lens to this work. Abuse and mistreatment do not exist in a vacuum and cannot be understood separately from the legacies of oppression that inform past and existing power dynamics. Likewise, individual and family patterns must be contextualized within the systems from which they arise. I believe that all of my clients have a deep capacity for wisdom, generosity, compassion, curiosity, courage, accountability, and self leadership. Therapy creates an opportunity to move toward accountability by helping individuals make space for pain, learn more compassion based self-assessments, and examine the ways we move through the world that are oppressive, of ourselves and others.