Therapy Approaches
No two people are exactly alike, so therapy shouldn’t be either.
EMDR
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Emotionally Immature Parents & Attachment
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Food & Body Issues
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Infidelity
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Family of Origin Problems
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Nervous System Reset
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Neurodivergence
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EMDR • Emotionally Immature Parents & Attachment • Food & Body Issues • Infidelity • Family of Origin Problems • Nervous System Reset • Neurodivergence •
I draw from several evidence-based approaches and tailor treatment to fit your goals, personality, and life experiences. Some clients benefit from practical tools and strategies, while others need deeper work around past experiences, attachment wounds, or patterns that keep showing up in their lives. Most often, therapy is a blend of approaches rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Therapy approaches I use in my work with patients:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT focuses on practical skills for managing overwhelming emotions, navigating relationships, and coping with stress without making things worse. It’s especially helpful when emotions feel intense, reactions happen quickly, or you find yourself stuck in patterns that leave you feeling regretful afterward.
In sessions, we may work on skills for setting boundaries, tolerating difficult emotions, communicating effectively, and responding rather than reacting when life feels overwhelming.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a powerful therapy approach that helps the brain process experiences that have become “stuck.” Many people think EMDR is only for major trauma, but it can also be incredibly effective for anxiety, OCD, attachment wounds, perfectionism, shame, painful relationship experiences, and negative beliefs about yourself.
In my office, EMDR may involve identifying experiences that still feel emotionally charged, using bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements or tapping), and helping your brain process those experiences in a way that allows you to move forward with less distress and more clarity.
Narrative Therapy
Parts Work (Internal Family Systems-Informed)
CBT helps us identify the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Many people discover they’ve been carrying beliefs about themselves, relationships, food, success, or failure that quietly shape their lives without realizing it.
In our work together, we might explore questions like, “Why does my brain automatically go there?” or “Why do I keep expecting the worst?” We’ll learn how to recognize unhelpful thinking patterns and develop more balanced ways of responding to challenges.
EFT helps us understand the emotional patterns underneath relationship struggles—whether those relationships are with a partner, family member, friend, or even yourself. Often, the conflicts we experience aren’t really about the surface issue; they’re about deeper needs for connection, safety, understanding, and belonging.
In therapy, we’ll slow things down and explore what is happening underneath the anger, withdrawal, anxiety, or people-pleasing. When we understand the emotional story beneath the behavior, meaningful change becomes possible.
Narrative Therapy helps us examine the stories you’ve come to believe about yourself and your life. Sometimes people arrive feeling trapped in stories such as “I’m too much,” “I’m not enough,” “I’m broken,” “I’m lazy,” or “I’ve always been this way.”
Together, we’ll explore where those stories came from, whether they truly belong to you, and how you might begin writing a new narrative that better reflects your strengths, resilience, and values.
Parts work recognizes that we all have different parts of ourselves that show up at different times. One part of you may be highly driven and productive, while another part feels exhausted. One part wants connection, while another part wants to protect you from getting hurt.
Rather than fighting these different parts, we’ll get curious about them. Often the behaviors that frustrate you most—procrastination, perfectionism, anxiety, emotional eating, people-pleasing, shutting down, overworking—are actually attempts by protective parts of you to help in the only way they know how. Through this work, we develop greater self-understanding, compassion, and choice.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)
For some clients, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy can be a powerful tool for healing, insight, and personal growth. In this approach, ketamine is prescribed and managed by a medical provider of your choice, while I serve as your therapist and guide throughout the therapeutic process. Clients take their prescribed medication in the comfort and safety of my office, where I provide a supportive, calming environment and help facilitate the experience. Following the medicine session, we spend time processing insights, emotions, memories, and patterns that may have emerged, helping you integrate what you’ve learned into your daily life. For clients who are appropriate candidates, preparation and integration sessions can also be provided virtually. My role is not to provide the medication, but to help you make meaningful therapeutic use of the experience in a way that supports your healing goals.
What Therapy Looks Like Here
You don’t need to know which approach is right for you before you start. That’s my job. Together we’ll figure out what’s driving the challenges you’re experiencing, why your brain and nervous system are responding the way they are, and what interventions are most likely to help.
Some sessions may focus on practical skills and coping strategies. Others may involve EMDR processing, exploring attachment patterns, understanding neurodivergence, examining long-standing beliefs, or connecting with different parts of yourself. The goal is always the same: helping you understand yourself more deeply, feel less stuck, and create lasting change.