The unexpected gifts of an imperfect marriage
We fall in love with someone for who they are, then spend an astonishing amount of time wishing they’d be a little different.
Welcome
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
People come to therapy for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes there’s a crisis, a painful relationship, or a significant life transition. Other times, things look reasonably good from the outside, but something doesn’t feel quite right.
A place to explore, understand, and grow.
Life is complicated. So are relationships. Sometimes the ways we’ve learned to cope no longer serve us, or we find ourselves stuck in patterns we don’t fully understand.
Therapy offers a space to slow down, become curious about ourselves, and discover new possibilities. Whatever brings you here, I believe that understanding ourselves more deeply can change the way we experience our lives and relationships.
My approach is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in curiosity rather than judgment. I’m interested not only in what’s difficult for you, but in how you’ve come to be who you are, and what might become possible as you understand yourself in new ways.
Services
Ways we can work together.
Individual therapy
For anxiety, depression, difficult relationships, identity questions, or the lingering effects of earlier experiences.
Couples therapy
Understand the patterns that keep you stuck and find new ways of connecting with one another.
Family therapy
For families with kids of any age, from elementary school age to grown, working through conflict, boundaries, and changing roles.
Adolescents and young adults
Support with identity, relationships, anxiety, family expectations, and the move toward independence.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
My approach
Understanding, not fixing.
I don’t believe people are problems to be solved.
Often, the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors we struggle with developed for understandable reasons. They may have helped us navigate difficult experiences, protect important relationships, or find our place in the world.
In therapy, we can begin to understand those patterns with greater compassion and curiosity. Rather than simply trying to eliminate what’s uncomfortable, we explore what it might be telling us.
My goal isn’t to tell you who you should become. It’s to help you develop a deeper understanding of yourself so you have more freedom to choose how you want to live.
More about me →
Areas of focus
Some of the things we can explore.
You don’t need to fit neatly into any particular category. Often, the things that bring us to therapy are interconnected.
Read about each one →Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm
Relationship difficulties and recurring patterns
Trauma and painful experiences from the past
Religious trauma and changing beliefs
Identity, self-worth, and perfectionism
Family conflict and complicated parent and adult child relationships
Life transitions and questions about direction or purpose
Neurodivergence and the experience of feeling different
Getting started
Therapy by secure video, from wherever you are.
Online
Secure video sessions for clients located in California and Oregon.
Flexible
Meet from home, a parked car, or anywhere you can talk privately. In-person sessions are available Saturdays in Portland.
Sessions
50 minutes, $200. Superbills available for out-of-network reimbursement.
