My Specialties

Anxiety is a normal human emotion, but can become problematic when it becomes excessive or out of context, including panic attacks.

While anxiety can be valid and even necessary, unhelpful “what if” thinking and other negative thought patterns can create obstacles in advancing self-esteem, career goals, or interpersonal relationships (i.e. Social Anxiety). Anxiety can be addressed using evidence based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (or CBT) or Exposure and Response Prevention therapy (or ERP). Mindfulness and relaxation exercises can be helpful in managing the physical symptoms of anxiety as well. In some circumstances, consulting with your psychiatrist about medication may be appropriate to support your journey in talk therapy.

We may think of depression as just a low mood, but depression can present itself with unexpected symptoms as well. These can include changes in sleep or appetite, loss of interest or motivation, feelings of worthlessness, decreased concentration, or suicidal thoughts. It is important to discuss these feelings with your therapist and work collaboratively to keep yourself safe and to decrease depressive symptoms.

Obsessive Compulsive disorder treatment aims to get you your life back from intrusive thoughts and time consuming compulsions. OCD takes what you care about the most and messes with it.

Using Exposure and Response Prevention therapy, you can take back the power from your OCD. Let’s talk about what ERP treatment can look like for you.

Changing problematic patterns, increasing communication skills, and learning to set boundaries can transform our relationships.

Relationships are an essential part of being human – this includes our relationships with family, friends, coworkers, significant others, etc. Many of us have adopted certain relational patterns as a result of our childhood or other lived experiences. It can be helpful to identify where we are unhappy in our interpersonal relationships and the changes we would like to make.

Couples counseling is an effective way to address ongoing negative relationship dynamics that have reached a stalemate or do not seem to be improving with current strategies.

An individual can also address relationship issues in therapy since it only takes one person adjusting the way they do things to change an unhealthy pattern.

Life transitions are inevitable, but we can find the new roles difficult to navigate. Life transitions can include new phases of life, going to college, moving to a new city, graduating college, entering the workforce, dating, going through a breakup, getting married, becoming a new parent, or changing roles within your family, among many others.

Young adulthood can be a particularly tricky life transition. You may be experiencing many of the above examples all at the same time as well as navigating your own identity and a shifting relationship with your parents.

It is important to identify intimate partner abuse and it can take many forms – physical, sexual, emotional, verbal- and it can happen to anyone regardless of gender, age, or socioeconomic status.

If you suspect you are in an abusive relationship, your therapist can help you navigate your next steps and discuss safety. If you are recovering from a past abusive relationship, trauma counseling will be important to identify and validate what you went through while also letting go of self-blame.

If you need more immediate assistance, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text START to 88788.

Codependency can be a common trauma response and is characterized by the need to “fix” or “heal” another at the expense of the self. Someone with codependent traits may find it easier or even an obligation to put others before themselves. Luckily, these patterns can be changed by refocusing on self-love, learning to set boundaries, and letting go of feeling responsible for others.

A woman’s life experience is unique and brings its own stressors. Along with the variety of life transitions listed above, women also deal with the gendered pressures of identity, career, motherhood, and other societal expectations.

Low self-esteem can affect various areas of our lives including our relationship with ourselves and our relationships with others. While low self-esteem can develop in a variety of ways, it can be helpful to identify the source and the ways in which we are perpetuating any negative self-talk.

Generational trauma and clashing personalities can make us feel conflicted about our family relationships. Family conflict can be particularly distressing as we may feel obligated to “get over it” or “just deal with it” in the name of family, however it is okay to set boundaries around family just like with any other relationship. Identifying guilt and shame around family conflict is important in moving forward in a healthy way.