Counseling

Therapy for when you feel stuck.

I approach therapy with the idea that difficult thoughts, feelings, urges, and experiences are part of being human. The goal isn’t necessarily to make them disappear, but to help you respond to them differently—so they have less say in how you live your life.

Approaches

These approaches overlap. The right emphasis depends on your concerns, goals, context, and how the patterns you're struggling with function in your life.

What is ACT?

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on psychological flexibility: learning to respond more freely to difficult internal experiences while moving toward what matters.

What is ERP?

Exposure and Response Prevention is especially relevant to OCD and anxiety. It involves intentionally approaching meaningful situations or internal experiences while changing the responses that keep the fear cycle going.

What is CBT?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy examines relationships among thoughts, emotions, behavior, and context. CBT principles can inform assessment and intervention throughout treatment.

What is CFT?

Compassion-Focused Therapy brings particular attention to threat, shame, self-criticism, and the development of more compassionate ways of responding.

What does mindfulness mean here?

Mindfulness is used practically: noticing what is happening in the present with greater openness and flexibility, rather than as a lifestyle aesthetic or an attempt to make difficult thoughts disappear.

I take the evidence behind therapy seriously. The approaches above are grounded in established and growing bodies of clinical research. I won’t try to summarize all of that here, but if you’re curious about ACT, ERP, CBT, CFT, or mindfulness, I encourage you to explore the research for yourself.

You, your context,
& what’s keeping you stuck
A personalized approach
ACT
Move toward
what matters
ERP
Approach what
fear says to avoid
CBT
Notice patterns
& respond differently
CFT
Respond with
more compassion
What to Expect

A straightforward path from first contact to ongoing therapy.

01

Reach Out

Send me an inquiry with a little about what you’re looking for. I’ll review it and follow up about next steps.

02

Consultation Call

We’ll have a brief 15-minute video consultation to talk about what’s bringing you to therapy and whether working together feels like a good fit. There’s no expectation that we move forward—if another option makes more sense, we can talk about that too.

03

Initial Session

If we decide to move forward, we’ll schedule an intake session to get a fuller picture of what’s going on, what matters to you, and what you’d like to get from therapy.

04

Ongoing Therapy

From there, we’ll schedule follow-up sessions and get to work. What that looks like will depend on you, what’s keeping you stuck, and what we’re working toward.