General Introduction
I offer families and perinatal clients compassion, empathy, and understanding while using evidence-based therapeutic tools to help them address the challenges that arise in familyhood. Pregnancy, parenting, and childhood can be overwhelming and exhausting. I strive to strengthen and empower families while they are experiencing complicated home dynamics, unexpected changes or loss, and mental health struggles. My highest priority is building a strong therapeutic alliance with my clients of all ages through a person-centered strengths-based approach.I work with children (4+), tweens, teens, parents, and perinatal clients.
What I’m Like As A TherapistI connect with people easily and children tend to gravitate toward me because I take their feelings seriously but don’t take myself too seriously. I value the importance of playing, creating, and laughing in the therapeutic process. My personal experience as a parent informs my approach, including the importance of offering practical tools to help troubleshoot conflict in the home, sensitivity around limitations inherent to the various stages of family life from childbearing families to families with teens, and honoring the primary caregiver/s as the expert observer of their child. I also love working with people who are navigating the nuances of changing bodies, changing relationships, and changing roles associated with pregnancy, birth, and post partum life and those who need to process traumatic birth experiences.
Personal InterestsI love making art, dancing, singing, and learning new skills (like playing the violin) or developing old ones (like practicing the piano). I love spending time with my family – from reading with my eight-year-old to listening to the social commentary of my twentyone-year-old and everyone in between. I love uninterrupted conversations while on dates with my partner. I love snuggling with our dogs and I love the feeling at the end of a day of hard work in my garden.”