My clients are open to honest reflection, emotional growth, and deeper conversations about the ways they relate to themselves and others. They are people who want therapy to be thoughtful, grounded, practical, and human — not overly clinical, performative, or one-size-fits-all.

Many of my clients are trying to slow down, become more intentional, gain more influence over mind and behavior, communicate more clearly, understand themselves more deeply, and build healthier, more connected relationships with the people in their lives.

Some clients come struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, conflict, communication problems, disconnection, or major life transitions. Others may not have a clear diagnosis or crisis at all. They simply feel stuck, overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, disconnected from themselves or the people they love, or aware that old patterns are no longer working.

My couples often seek help with communication, conflict, emotional distress, betrayal, intimacy, resentment, parenting stress, and the gradual drifting apart that can happen over time.

I am honored to have worked with helping professionals, spiritually curious individuals, high-achievers, medical and legal professionals, and an NFL coach, all of whom wished to build more grounded, intentional, and balanced lives. I enjoy working with people who are willing to look honestly at themselves, their relationships, and the ways they move through the world.

One reason I enjoy working with couples is that I’ve experienced the benefit of couples therapy myself. We happened to find a very talented therapist who happened to practice Gottman Method Couple Therapy, and many years later, when I became a therapist myself, I found myself using the same Gottman techniques that I remembered working so well. I later underwent training in the Gottman Method and now use a blend of Gottman techniques, Solution-Focused approaches, and other helpful modalities that seem to resonate with clients. I do not believe in a one-style-fits-all approach to therapy. Our work together will be collaborative. We'll focus on whatever method best helps reduce conflict and increase love, friendship, and connection in your particular relationship.

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As a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT), I am a mental health professional trained to help people improve mental health, emotional well-being, relationships, and patterns of interaction within families, couples, and individuals.

What makes LMFTs somewhat distinct is the lens we’re trained to use. Rather than viewing problems only as something happening “inside” a person, LMFTs are trained to look at the larger relational system around them—patterns of communication, attachment, family dynamics, boundaries, emotional cycles, and the ways people influence one another over time.

LMFTs diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, provide psychotherapy, and help clients work toward healthier relationships and more effective ways of coping and connecting.

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I work with people struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, life transitions, communication difficulties, and relational struggles.

How I differ from some other therapists is that I’m not looking at you as an isolated individual, separate from the context of your life. I’m also paying attention to the larger emotional and relational systems surrounding you — your relationships, family dynamics, patterns of communication, attachment history, environment, responsibilities, and the ways you learned to adapt over time.

That means if you’re anxious, I’m not necessarily asking, “What’s wrong inside you?” I’m wondering:
What pressures are you living under?
What patterns keep repeating in your relationships?
What roles have you learned to play?
What emotional environments shaped you?
What happens between you and other people that leaves you feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, unseen, or alone?

Sometimes issues make more sense when viewed in context. A person may not be unwell so much as they are exhausted, emotionally isolated, chronically over-functioning, disconnected from themselves and others, or stuck inside painful relational cycles that have quietly developed over years.

This perspective tends to create a kind of therapy that feels more human and less pathologizing. Less about reducing a person to a diagnosis, and more about understanding the full picture of their life, relationships, and emotional world.

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