THERAPY
MY APPROACH
Understanding the Why
My work centers around helping people make sense of how they came to relate to themselves and others—and why some of those ways of being no longer feel true to who they are.
I work primarily with adults in their mid-20s through mid-40s who grew up needing to be highly attuned to what was expected of them.
Over time, they became very good at anticipating other people’s needs while growing distant from their own instincts. From the outside, they're assumed to be just fine.
Internally, though, there’s often relentless self-monitoring and emotional exhaustion hidden underneath competence.
What they’re looking for now is a way of seeing themselves that finally feels accurate enough to create real movement.
WORKING TOGETHER
I'm actively thinking with you.
Throughout the process, I help to clarify experiences that may have felt painfully familiar for years without ever being able to explain why.
Much of the work involves recognizing the emotional logic behind the ways people learned to navigate relationships.
Clients usually say that therapy with me feels like finally having language for things they’ve felt for a long time.
EARLY SIGNS OF CHANGE
More Than They Seem
These are the kinds of moments that can be easy to overlook because they rarely feel dramatic. More often, they reflect a deeper shift already taking place in your relationship with yourself.
noticing your internal critic sooner
asking for something without immediately minimizing the need
feeling more connected to your own instincts
feeling less responsible for managing everyone else
realizing you actually feel angry before talking yourself out of it
saying no without spiraling afterward
A Closer Look
My work begins with the belief that people make sense in context.
People often come to therapy asking, "What's wrong with me?" When I hear that, I wonder instead, "Who did they learn they needed to be in order to maintain closeness or emotional safety?" I don't assume that the things causing the most pain today were always problems. More likely, they developed as adaptations to what life required at the time.
This way of working is grounded in an attachment-focused and relational approach, with attention to both psychological and physiological patterns. Depending on the person and what feels most helpful, I may integrate approaches like EMDR and Internal Family Systems (IFS), alongside neuroscience-informed perspectives on how emotional experiences continue to live in the nervous system.
Background & Training
I earned my Master of Social Work (MSW) from Columbia University and have spent more than a decade working across both hospital and private practice settings in New York City.
Early in my career, I worked with people navigating serious eating disorders and addictions, experiences that continue to stay with me and inform how I think about trauma, adaptation, and emotional suffering today.