Anxiety, Depression & Stress
Life can feel overwhelming when anxiety, low mood, stress, or self-doubt start taking up too much space. You may find yourself overthinking, feeling emotionally drained, struggling to stay motivated, or putting pressure on yourself to keep everything together.
Therapy can give you space to slow down, better understand the patterns affecting you, and develop practical ways to manage what you’re experiencing. Together, we can also work toward responding to yourself with more compassion and less judgment.
How i can help:
- Anxiety, worry, and overthinking
- Depression and low motivation
- Stress and burnout
- Perfectionism and self-criticism
- Emotional overwhelm and regulation
- Self-esteem and confidence
- Life balance and boundaries
My Approach:
My approach is collaborative and tailored to what works for you. I draw from CBT, relational and psychodynamic approaches, and practical coping strategies to help you better understand your thoughts, emotions, and patterns. We’ll work toward meaningful change while also making room for self-compassion and giving yourself grace along the way.
Trauma Recovery & Healing
Trauma can affect much more than memories of what happened. Past experiences can shape how safe you feel, how you see yourself, how you connect with others, and how your mind and body respond to stress.
Therapy can be a space to understand these responses without judgment. You will not be expected to share everything at once or process experiences before you feel ready. We’ll move at a pace that feels manageable while building safety, trust, and a greater understanding of yourself.
How I CAN HELP:
- Childhood trauma
- Difficult or unsafe relationships
- Emotional triggers and feeling on edge
- Shame, guilt, or self-blame
- Difficulty trusting or feeling safe with others
- Feeling disconnected, numb, or overwhelmed
- Intrusive memories or reminders of the past
- Boundaries and relationship patterns
I approach trauma work with compassion, curiosity, and respect for your pace. Rather than focusing on “What’s wrong with me?” we can explore what happened, how you learned to cope or protect yourself, and what you need now. Our work can focus on building safety, strengthening coping skills, understanding patterns, and developing a more compassionate relationship with yourself.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy
Therapy should be a place where you can show up as your full self without having to explain, defend, or minimize who you are. I provide LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy where your identity is respected and there is space to explore the experiences, relationships, and questions that matter to you.
Your identity also doesn’t have to be the reason you’re coming to therapy. You may simply want a therapist who understands that sexuality, gender, relationships, family, culture, work, and mental health can all intersect.
How i can help:
- Sexual orientation and identity exploration
- Gender identity and expression
- Gender dysphoria
- Coming out or deciding whether to come out
- Dating and relationships
- Family dynamics and acceptance
- Minority stress and discrimination
- Self-esteem, confidence, and self-acceptance
My Approach:
My approach is affirming, relational, and rooted in cultural humility and advocacy. I am committed to creating a safe, nonjudgmental space where your voice is centered and your intersecting identities and experiences are honored throughout our work together. You’ll have space to explore identity at your own pace while bringing in all the other parts of your life that matter to you. Together, we can work toward greater self-understanding, connection, self-acceptance, and compassion for yourself.
Neurodivergent-Affirming Therapy
Living in environments that aren’t always designed with neurodivergent needs in mind can be exhausting. ADHD, autism, executive functioning differences, sensory needs, masking, and burnout can affect school, work, relationships, daily routines, and how you feel about yourself.
Rather than focusing on making you function like everyone else, therapy can help you better understand how your brain works, identify what you need, build strategies that actually fit you, and recognize the strengths you already bring with you.
Concerns I help with:
My Approach: I take a neurodivergent-affirming and strengths-based approach. Instead of focusing on what you “should” be able to do, we can get curious about what works for your brain and what doesn’t. Together, we can develop realistic strategies, honor your needs and energy, build self-advocacy, and create more room for self-acceptance.
- ADHD and executive functioning
- Autism and neurodivergent identity
- Organization and time management
- Motivation and task initiation
- Overstimulation and sensory needs
- Masking and neurodivergent burnout
- Emotional regulation
- Self-advocacy and accommodations
- Shame, self-criticism, and feeling different
Life, School & Career Transitions
Transitions can bring excitement, uncertainty, pressure, and sometimes a lot of questions about what comes next. Whether you’re navigating school, entering the workforce, considering a career change, feeling stuck professionally, or trying to balance work with your mental health, you don’t have to figure everything out alone.
My background in career counseling and supported employment allows me to combine therapy with practical career support. We can explore not only where you want to go, but also the emotional, personal, and practical factors that may be affecting how you get there.
How I Can Help:
- Career exploration and identifying strengths and interests
- Job-search strategies
- Résumé and cover-letter support
- Interview preparation and practice
- Career changes and professional transitions
- Workplace stress and burnout
- Maintaining employment and work-life balance
- Workplace communication and boundaries
- Navigating accommodations and support needs
- College, school, and school-to-work transitions
- Confidence and uncertainty about your next step
My Approach:
Career concerns rarely exist separately from the rest of our lives. Anxiety, confidence, identity, relationships, executive functioning, burnout, and mental health can all influence how we experience school and work. My approach combines emotional support with practical strategies so we can work toward goals that feel meaningful and realistic for you.
Grief & Loss
Grief can come with the death of someone we love, but it can also follow the loss of a pet, relationship, friendship, job, sense of identity, or the future we imagined for ourselves. There is no single way grief is supposed to look and no timeline for when you should be “over it.”
Therapy can provide space for whatever grief looks like for you, whether that includes sadness, anger, numbness, confusion, relief, guilt, or emotions that are difficult to put into words.
How I can help:
- Death of a loved one
- Pet loss
- Relationship or friendship loss
- Family changes
- Major life transitions
- Career or educational loss
- Ambiguous or complicated loss
- Grieving a future you expected to have
- Adjusting to changes in identity or life circumstances
My Approach:
My approach to grief is patient, compassionate, and nonjudgmental. We don’t have to rush toward “moving on.” Instead, therapy can help you make room for your emotions, understand what this loss means to you, and find ways to continue moving through life while staying connected to what mattered.