I also have extensive experience in the areas of improved parent-child relationships, family dynamics, attachment styles, stress, and the impact of substance use on mental health.

There’s no shame in seeking someone who will listen while we sort through our responses to stress or difficult life choices. In these situations, we often don’t need advice, solutions, opinions, or to be cheered up. We may simply need a place to verbalize our thoughts to a (somewhat) objective witness. Though I’m happy to provide direct interventions and feedback, I find that many clients benefit most when I listen attentively, track emerging themes, reflect them back clearly, and provide them with enough time to arrive at new insights.

This exploration could encompass the first attachments you formed with your primary caregivers, later connections to siblings and peers, and your current interactions with romantic partners, adult friends and family, co-workers, or your own children.

In individual therapy, I promote insight into how early attachment patterns in your childhood may be impacting how you relate to yourself and to others in your current life. In couples counseling and family therapy, I combine this insight with a more directive approach around communication and conflict resolution skills. In both settings, I encourage my clients to articulate and act on insights in order to improve understanding, trust, and healthy connections.

As noted above, I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and support people in clarifying thoughts and feelings about sexual orientation, sex positive culture, asexuality, and more. I also encourage open discussion about gender identity and gender roles, which impact not just sexuality but almost all other facets of our lives.