Welcome to my practice

My work is grounded in the understanding that many forms of psychological suffering are not simply problems to eliminate, but patterns of adaptation — ways we have learned to organize ourselves in relation to others and the world. These patterns often show up as chronic pressure, self-exploitation, or a sense of being unable to rest, even when conditions allow for it.

I integrate psychoanalytic, gestalt, and somatic psychotherapy, with a particular focus on experience as it unfolds in the present moment. Rather than working primarily through explanation or interpretation, I pay close attention to how thoughts, emotions, and bodily processes are organized in real time, especially in moments of contact — how you experience yourself and how you are relating to the other (me, in this case) in this situation.

Much of the work involves observing how one’s energy moves: where it reaches outward toward connection, and where it habitually turns inward into thinking, worrying, or self-correction. These patterns are often outside of awareness and are shaped by both explicit life history and implicit, embodied memory. By attending to these processes as they occur, therapy becomes a space where they can be experienced, differentiated, and reorganized.

In this approach, awareness is both the method and the aim. This includes sensitivity to bodily experience (movement, tension, sensation), relational dynamics, and the subtle ways one interrupts or withdraws from contact. As these become more visible, there is often a shift from effortful control toward a greater capacity for rest, responsiveness, and meaningful engagement.

If this way of working resonates, you are welcome to reach out.