I’m interested in the ways our relationships are shaped by much more than personality.

We learn how to love, communicate, manage conflict, take care of others, and understand ourselves within families, cultures, communities, and the environments we grow up in. Ideas about gender, responsibility, independence, success, caregiving, intimacy, and belonging can become part of our relationships long before we consciously think about them.

So when something starts to feel difficult, I don’t only want to know what happened. I’m also curious about the larger story around it.

Maybe you keep finding yourself in the same conflict with a partner. Maybe you are carrying a role in your family that no longer feels sustainable. Maybe a life transition has changed the way you see yourself, or you are beginning to question expectations that once felt completely normal.

My background in marriage and family therapy means I naturally think relationally. Even when I’m meeting with one person, I’m paying attention to the relationships and social worlds around them, including family history, culture, community, identity, work, and the conditions that have shaped what felt possible or necessary at different points in their life.

With couples and families, that can mean slowing down a recurring conflict enough to understand what each person is bringing into it. Not only communication styles, but different experiences of care, responsibility, closeness, autonomy, family, and what each person believes a relationship should ask of them.

With individuals, we may look at the roles you have learned to occupy in relationships, the patterns that helped you stay connected or get through difficult periods, and whether those same patterns still fit the life you are building now.

I want therapy to leave room for complexity. You can care deeply about your family and still want something different. You can value connection without giving up your own voice. You can understand where a pattern came from without feeling obligated to keep repeating it.

You also don’t need to arrive with a perfectly formed goal. We can begin with whatever feels confusing, strained, unfinished, or newly possible and make sense of it together.

The therapeutic relationship can be a space to better understand yourself, your relationships, and the protective patterns that may be keeping you in place. I can support you in navigating relationship challenges, communication and conflict, life transitions, family dynamics, intimacy and connection, and the moments when you simply feel unsure of what comes next.

Whether you’re coming to therapy on your own, with a partner, or with your family, we can work together to better understand what’s happening beneath the surface and find new ways of relating to yourself and the people you care about.

My goal is to offer a space where you feel heard, understood, and free to be honest. We’ll move at a pace that feels right for you, with curiosity rather than judgment, and with the belief that meaningful change can begin with simply feeling safe enough to show up as you are.

I bring a genuine compassion to working with clients of all backgrounds. I work collaboratively with clients, creating a supportive therapeutic relationship where they can explore their experiences, develop deeper understanding, and make meaning of their lives in ways that feel authentic to them.

Along the way, I offer psychoeducation, tools, and practical strategies to help clients build on their strengths and move toward their goals. I openly welcome couples, families, and individuals.

I am passionate about guiding clients in exploring past experiences, identifying patterns, and uncovering inner strengths that inspire the empowerment to move forward. I seek to help those navigating life’s many transitions as well as anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship management.