psychotherapy
Therapy begins with being deeply heard—and with having enough trust to look together at what is difficult, confusing, or ready to change.
Psychotherapy can help when you are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, recurring patterns, or a difficult transition. It can also be a place to understand yourself more deeply, even when what troubles you doesn’t fit neatly into a diagnosis.
Therapy can create a place to slow down, become curious about what is happening, and begin to see possibilities that may be difficult to see alone.
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
-Viktor E. Frankl
My Approach
I have trained in a wide range of psychotherapy approaches, but I don’t believe therapy should feel like a collection of techniques.
I pay particular attention to attachment, personality, and patterns of relating—how you learned to understand yourself and other people, what happens when you feel close to someone or threatened with disconnection, and the patterns that may repeat across relationships and over time.
Personality matters, too. Not as another label, but as a way of understanding the characteristic ways each of us directs attention, responds to emotion, protects ourselves, relates to others, and makes sense of the world. Becoming aware of these patterns can create more choice in how we respond rather than simply repeating what has become automatic.
The therapeutic relationship itself is part of this work. I try to be fully present and attentive to you: listening carefully, noticing what is happening beneath the words, and remaining curious about what we are experiencing and understanding together. Over time, that kind of attunement can create the trust needed to look at things that may have been difficult to see alone.
as our understanding deepens.
From that foundation, I draw from different therapeutic approaches depending on what you need.
The approach is individualized, collaborative, and always evolving
Sometimes we may focus on practical skills or changing a pattern of thought or behavior. At other times, we may explore relationships, emotions, earlier experiences, different parts of yourself, or the meaning you make of what has happened to you.
Our work may involve learning to tolerate difficult emotions, seeing a familiar situation differently, experimenting with a new behavior, understanding why the same pattern keeps appearing, or simply staying with something long enough for it to become clearer.
This approach may be helpful if:
What to Expect
Psychotherapy may be the primary focus of our work or one part of broader psychiatric care that also includes medication, lifestyle, or integrative approaches.
We’ll decide together what deserves our attention and periodically ask a simple but important question:
Is the work we are doing helping you live your life differently?
Therapeutic Approaches
My psychotherapy training allows me to draw from several established approaches depending on your needs, including:
You’re Not Alone
Integrative Psychiatry for Adults in Oregon
Thoughtful, individualized psychiatric care provided through secure telehealth.
You don’t have to carry it all by yourself.
