Areas of Expertise

Anxiety and depression quietly shape the way you move through the world. Joy is dulled and fear is heightened, leaving you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected. Therapy offers a space to slow down, make sense of what you’re feeling, and begin releasing unwanted patterns. We work together to uncover underlying causes, while building emotional resilience. You will reconnect with your innate sense of clarity, steadiness, and meaning.

Couples and relationship counseling offers a supportive space to explore disconnections and conflicts between partners. You may be navigating the aftermath of a crisis, struggling with a loss of intimacy, or simply feeling stuck. Our work together uncovers the patterns shaping these dynamics while compassionately addressing what isn’t working and strengthening what is. Therapy creates the opportunity to rebuild your relationship with increasing understanding, respect, and emotional honesty.

Whether rooted in childhood or adulthood, trauma leaves lasting emotional imprints, including anxiety, depression, shame, or relationship struggles. In therapy, we explore these experiences by co-creating a safe, compassionate space. We loosen the grip of shame, while developing the tools of self- understanding, regulation, and healing. In the process, you reclaim a sense of safety, connection, awakening your innate vitality.

Emotional incest occurs when a parent turns to a child for emotional support in ways which are inappropriate, enmeshing, or overwhelming. The child feels responsible for the parent’s moods, needs, or self-worth. Their own emotional development is then compromised. Since there’s no visible violence, this form of covert abuse is difficult to recognize. Yet its effects are profound, including chronic guilt, anxiety, boundary setting difficulties, low self-esteem, and relationship confusion. You may have grown up feeling needed but never truly seen. Therapy enables you to name and understand these dynamics. You may be able to grieve what was lost and disentangle your identity from roles you were never meant to carry. Together, we rebuild a solid, sovereign sense of self. You become rooted in clarity, self-trust and emotional freedom.

Substance use, abuse and addiction slowly damage relationships, eroding self-worth. Addiction refers to substances or behaviors such as gambling or shopping. They all compromise your mental, emotional, and physical health. Whether you’re in the early stages of questioning your usage or already committed to recovery, therapy is a powerful resource for change. I bring professional insight and lived understanding to this work. All of it honed by almost four decades in personal recovery and clinical experience. Together, we explore the underlying factors which drive your substance use, including trauma, anxiety, perfectionism, or unresolved grief. The process includes careful assessment, tailored treatment planning and connection to recovery communities like twelve-step programs or SMART Recovery. Therapy supports you in building a life grounded in clarity, integrity, and self-respect, one day at a time. You develop more sustainable, compassionate coping skills.

Specialized therapy supports those in active-duty as well as veterans, and defense contractors. It begins with an understanding of the unique challenges of service-related trauma, PTSD, and the demands of national security roles. This offering provides a secure, confidential space to process experiences, manage stress, while supporting both personal well-being and family dynamics.

I offer specialized psychotherapy and executive coaching services tailored for senior-level executives, lawyers, and individuals with security clearances. This also includes high profile, public individuals from all walks of life. Understanding their unique pressures and confidentiality needs, I provide a secure and discreet environment to address sensitive personal and professional challenges.