If change, balance, and peace were easy to find you would have found them already. As your therapist I can work with you to co-create safety, ask new questions, and bring clarity as we look for patterns and their root causes. This inevitably turns your attention inward to what drives you, and then outward to align your life with your values. I help individuals and couples struggling with conflict, stress, anxiety, depression, history of trauma, a new phase of life, or a need to improve and clarify their relationship with themselves or others. I offer a collaborative, curious approach to first learn about struggles, patterns, and stuck points. I bring a mix of gentle understanding and offering truth when I see something is in your way, bringing this forward in a way we can work together on it. I tend to have enjoyable and even humorous moments during sessions which contrast the deep work we do. To me, all behavior makes sense in context. Spending time to build trust and understanding is very important to me. I do my best to maintain a sense of cultural humility and to be curious and open to ways of life I have not personally experienced. I am LGBTQI+ supportive and believe bodies of all sizes can be healthy. I primarily use Emotionally Focused Therapy and ACT therapy. I find grounding in my understanding of how human attachment shapes our thoughts and behaviors.