My approach to therapy.

When it comes to therapy, the relationship between client and therapist is at the center. It is this sacred container that can hold you through the kind of dramatic changes that can be tricky to access independently, and help you feel safe enough to take risks.

Therapy can be both terrifying and surprising, confounding and liberating. I may cry with you. I almost certainly will laugh with you. No matter what, you can count on me to be right there beside you at every step of the way.

Modalities I work with.

I draw on many approaches, including especially relational-psychoanalytic technique (as you might have seen in the acclaimed Showtime series “Couples Therapy”), as well as attachment based practices such as Sue Johnson's Emotionally-Focused therapy, and the work of the Gottmans. I also at times incorporate EMDR, a highly effective approach to healing trauma with a substantial grounding in mindfulness. 

I have learned so many wonderful techniques over the years in this work, and utilize any and all that feel right to help people and couples move beyond suffering and towards the light.

Joy.

All of us yearn for joy—a sustained and deep quality of inner contentment. If we can reside there, everything else resolves itself. So what gets in the way? What can we do less of, or more of, to invite more joy into our experience?

Connectedness.

I think we are all a bit afraid of being truly present and vulnerable with one another. Technology can connect us but it can also keep us very far apart, marooned in our own stories. I focus on what interferes with our innate desire to see and be seen by others, to truly take others into our hearts and to allow ourselves to be taken by theirs.

Play.

When we become isolated in our own stories, the quality of play is often among the first to disappear. Gaining perspective on our struggle, witnessing it, can help us regain levity. Can we be playful with one another? If not, why? How can we create enough safety to welcome the generativity of play back into the room?

I help my clients laugh more, play more, and feel more connected than they ever thought possible.

  • Spirituality

    I see therapy as its own spiritual journey. Therapy is a practice of mindfulness and attention, an attempt to surrender to love and to allow greater joy and pleasure. While writing my dissertation on seasoned Buddhist practitioners who seek psychotherapy, I learned the many challenges that can arise even within those who have maintained a strong spiritual practice for decades. Like relationships with loved ones, relationships with spiritual practices ebb and flow. Sometimes all it takes is some gentle encouragement to help us reconnect with and deepen into our practices.

  • Sex & Intimacy

    Sex is a delicious way to connect with our partners, inviting good-feeling hormones and leaving us feeling refreshed and alive. And yet so many couples lose this precious intimacy, no longer making the space to be vulnerable together. I love to help couples reignite this flame and find their way back into one another’s arms.

    I also have ample experience working with individuals & couples exploring polyamory as part of their unique dance with sexual intimacy. I enjoy helping my clients navigate this complex terrain and move toward even greater intimacy and communication with loved ones.

  • Parenthood

    Many find their way to therapy just before or after the birth of a second child. This can be a challenging transition for parents, as leisure time becomes even more scarce, task lists expand, and the frequency of life challenges increases past the point at which most of us can gracefully keep up. This can be a wonderful time to strengthen the parental bond, ensuring a loving dyad even as the space between you becomes consumed by sweet little bodies and large to-do lists!

  • Relationships

    All relationships ebb and flow. Couples experience years of intense passion and closeness, as well as years where they feel they are drifting apart. At times it can feel as though some essential bond may be loosening. Therapy can be a wonderful space to renew and reset, to rediscover yourselves and one another, and return to a loving connection.

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • I charge $250/hr for individual sessions and $300/hr for couples sessions. 

  • I am in-network for Federal Employees Compensation (Department of Labor) and Medicare. I am also happy to submit necessary documentation for other PPO-based plans. 

    Should you choose to pay out-of-pocket and submit to the insurance on your own, I charge a slightly reduced fee (exact reduction depending on payment method). Most often, individual sessions are around $230, and couples therapy sessions around $275, with the fee reduction.

  • I offer a sliding scale fee to a handful of clients at all times, but these slots tend to fill up pretty quickly. Please reach out if you'd like to be added to the waitlist. 

  • I offer sessions in-person and remote, or a hybrid of the two.

  • Sessions are typically 50 minutes unless we decide otherwise. Some couples prefer to meet for 1.5 sessions in which case the length is 75 minutes.

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