How we start

Before anything else, we build a relationship you can trust.

Research shows that what actually helps people in therapy is the quality of that relationship: the alliance between you and your therapist predicts good outcomes more reliably than any particular technique. So early sessions aren’t about me analyzing you. They’re about both of us getting a real sense of each other, at a pace that feels right to you.

What therapy is, and what it isn’t

Therapy is a process of change, and change tends to come less from being told what to do and more from being understood well enough that a different way of thinking or relating starts to feel possible.

Therapy isn’t a space where I just agree with everything you say or hand out advice. Part of the work is naming patterns in how you think or relate that aren’t serving you anymore, even when that’s uncomfortable to hear.

If you’ve tried therapy before

If you’ve been in therapy before and it didn’t create the change you were hoping for, that doesn’t mean something is wrong with you, or that therapy isn’t the right fit for you at all. Different approaches reach different layers of how we process experience, and the right fit matters. I’m trained in a range of approaches for emotional distress, including EMDR, Brainspotting, DBT, and Nature-Based Ecotherapy. Take a look at each one to get a feel for what might fit, and we’ll figure out the right starting point together.

If this is new for you

Reaching out for the first time can feel bigger than it should. You don’t need a crisis to justify starting therapy, and you don’t need to have language yet for what’s going on. Wanting things to feel different is reason enough to begin.

A free 15-minute consultation call is a low-pressure way to ask questions and get a sense of whether this feels like a fit, before you commit to anything.