About Therapy with Me

My goal is to enhance transformation.

“How can I help people as a therapist when the symptoms they experience don’t respond well to talking about the problems?” That was the question I confronted while working with people with long histories of depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, and PTSD.

My search for answers led me to Accelerated Resolution Therapy. I started using it with my clients and saw heartwarming results. People who suffer years of pain can gain control over their lives and let go of painful parts of their past to have real, lasting relief. Now, these sessions jumpstart the therapy process at work.

Of course, quick transformations can be life-changing. The next step is to determine what the changed life looks like and how it works. Just like traveling to an unfamiliar place, travelers need maps, new communication skills, and guidance about customs and cultural norms. My work with clients in this stage is about navigating the changing relationships and landscapes as they rework and build new ways of being.

That’s where improving communication skills, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy are helpful. These are more traditional talk therapy sessions; sometimes, Accelerated Resolution Therapy sessions are mixed to break through barriers.

Maintenance is important.

After repairing, rebuilding, and settling into a new mindset, it can be comforting and helpful to continue working with someone who knows your history and has been on your journey.

Regular maintenance keeps things running smoothly and prevents minor problems from becoming big.

When a crisis hits (and it will occasionally hit), being connected to helping resources when you need them can make all the difference.

Life today is not easy.

Modern life puts all kinds of stressors on people, and there is an emptiness that sometimes manifests as mental health symptoms but is based on more existential angst.

There is a renaissance in exploring the use of psychedelics to treat people, again in a way that goes beyond using talk therapy. For those who are called to it, my training in ketamine-assisted therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy supports the safe use of these potent medicines as their use becomes more common in the next wave of mental health treatment.

I want to see people get well. If I have a possible solution to a problem, I will share it with you, not let you flail around and watch you struggle to figure it out yourself because that’s what you’re supposed to do in therapy. We are going to work together as a team. You will steer your ship as I provide the engineering support and know-how.

In addition to the technical skills and tools I bring to the table through my training as a therapist, I’m a well-grounded, deeply compassionate, warm, thoughtful, intuitive person who will accept you for who you are, no matter how you show up, and hold space while you figure your stuff out.