About My Therapy Services

Individual Therapy

I provide individual therapy to adults and teenagers using a specific variation of evidence-based therapy called Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).

Many therapy services operate at the level of trying to help you better manage your life, find coping strategies, problem-solve, change your perspective, or sometimes just lend a kind, sympathetic ear. Sometimes that is exactly what you need. However, as useful as these tools and strategies are, they often amount to psychological band-aids: they temporarily stop the bleeding but fall short of healing the deeper wounds.

ISTDP moves at your own pace to address the deeper, root causes of your pain using current knowledge of neuroscience, trauma, human attachment, and an understanding of how emotions impact the body physically. At the same time, we work on what is coming up in your life currently so that you have immediate relief AND lasting relief. Some of the changes frequently reported by clients include:

  • feeling more stable in their emotional reactions

  • a deeper sense of connection to friends and loved ones

  • being able to set effective boundaries WITHOUT feeling guilty

  • greatly diminished feelings of depression and anxiety

  • decreased stress-induced or stress-aggravated illness such as acid reflux, skin rashes, migraine headaches, IBS, and auto-immune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis

  • better understanding of themselves and their emotions

  • faster and easier decision-making

  • increased self-compassion and less self-defeating or self-criticizing thoughts

Gender therapy

I provide Gender Therapy to assist those who are trans* or gender-questioning find their own “equilibrium” in their gender identity. Often, that equilibrium includes finding an effective way to tell loved ones about their gender identity and navigate the relational issues that can arise.  That equilibrium also includes handling transition issues related to work, school, and gender-expression. For those interested in medically transitioning, I provide support with navigating the medical system as well as letters for hormone treatment and surgeries. I have knowledge and experience working with those who identify as non-binary, gender fluid, and gender queer and can provide supportive, nonjudgmental therapy to individuals wherever they might be on the gender spectrum (or, as I like to see it, the gender “prism”).

Couples Therapy

I provide Couples Therapy to couples from all walks of life, including those in polyamorous relationships, D/S and kinky relationships, relationships where one or more members of the couple are transgendered, and relationships where one or more members of the couple are in the armed forces. I have experience with and knowledge of the unique issues that come up in these various types of relationships. In my work with couples my focus is on helping each member to grow individually so they can come together in a more effective way. I utilize a DBT approach to couples therapy as well as an attachment-based perspective.