Individual Therapy

While I tailor my approach to each person, my understanding of the human experience and interventions are rooted in psychodynamic psychotherapy, which simply means I invite you talk as freely as you can about what goes on in your mind. Together we will understand the themes and patterns that come up in your life so that you can think about things differently and experience life in a new way.

Our work together will be multi-dimensional, encompassing both the past and the “here and now” — how you relate to others will inevitably show up in the therapy. That means our work together will be a playground where you will get to practice new ways of relating and being.

Individual therapy begins with us meeting at least once per week for a 50-minute in-person at my San Luis Obispo office or teletherapy appointment. As we move forward in our work, we may decide that meeting more or less frequently is appropriate.

Couples Counseling

Couples therapy is a unique opportunity to nurture empathy, understanding, and intimacy in your relationship. Each person in the relationship brings to the table their individual relational dynamics that they have learned from early experience. Often we hope that our intimate partnerships will be a place to start over and find news ways of relating but what we often find is that we reenact the same patterns that we have experienced before. In our work together, we will identify these relational patterns and insert new skills and insight that will help both partners gain clarity for building the relationship they want.

Similarly to individual therapy, couples therapy begins with us meeting at least once per week for a 50-minute in-person at my San Luis Obispo office or teletherapy appointment. As we move forward in our work, we may decide that meeting more or less frequently is appropriate.