Most of my work is with life transitions, self-esteem, and anxiety—usually arriving as something specific: a job that has stopped working, a relationship in trouble, or a change you did not choose. Below is the fuller range and the approaches I draw on for each.
What sessions are like
Format
Weekly sessions, in person or virtual. We start with what is pressing and work outward to the patterns underneath it—how you learned to cope, what those strategies protect, and what they now cost.
Some weeks are practical. Others are slower and more exploratory. Both belong.
Format
For partners who keep having the same argument in different clothes, who have grown quiet with each other, or who are facing a transition, a rupture, or a decision.
My work does not presume a gender, an orientation, or a relationship structure. We look at the cycle you are caught in and at what each of you is protecting inside it.
The approach under each one is where I would usually start. In practice these overlap, and we follow whichever thread is doing the most work.
When the work you are good at costs more than it returns, and rest stops restoring anything.
Psychodynamic · somatic
Worry that arrives before the thought does, and a body that stays braced after the reason has passed.
Somatic · CBT · mindfulness
A move, an ending, a promotion, a diagnosis, becoming a parent, or losing one.
Psychodynamic · ACT
The private verdict you have reached about yourself, and how much of your life avoids testing it.
Psychodynamic · IFS
Mixed and bicultural identity, generational obligation, and whose life you have been building.
Multicultural · psychodynamic
Distance, recurring conflict, or difficulty being known by someone who is close.
AEDP · attachment-based
The same argument in different clothes, or a rupture you are deciding whether to repair.
Attachment-based · experiential
Material that has never been said out loud, approached slowly and never before you are ready.
Trauma-focused · somatic · AEDP
Flatness, loss of interest, and the effort it takes to keep appearing fine.
Psychodynamic · behavioral tools
A death, and also the losses that get no ritual—a relationship or a future you had planned for.
Experiential · AEDP
How you regard your own body, and what that has to do with everything else.
Somatic · IFS
Habitual caretaking, difficulty saying no, and resentment that arrives afterward.
IFS · attachment-based
If what you are carrying is not here, it is still worth asking. Where something needs a level of care I cannot provide safely, I will say so and help you find the right person.
Named in plain language, because the acronyms tell you very little on their own. Not all of these are used with everyone.
Where a pattern started, what it was for, and whether you still need it.
Feeling something difficult with another person present, rather than alone.
Working with what the body is doing, not only what you can put words to.
How you learned to reach for people, or brace against them.
Treating the part of you that resists change as protective rather than as the enemy.
Making room for difficult feelings while still acting on what matters to you.
Concrete tools when you need them—interrupting a spiral or tolerating a hard week.
Culture, race, language, and family expectation treated as material, not background.
Format and locations
Sessions are available in English and Spanish.
A first step
You can book a free 30-minute virtual consultation to see if we are a good fit. We will talk about what brings you to therapy, how we will work together, and answer any logistical questions you may have!
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