By nature, I am very nurturing but am also strikingly practical and occasionally brusque. I often challenge distortions in people’s thinking and old beliefs that no longer serve them. I believe the point of therapy is to cross the river, not keep swimming. While I am very warm and caring, I also push people to take appropriate risks and experiment so that they can live in more meaningful and enriching ways.

I was a professional athlete for many years, and I tend to be very direct. People either really like my style or feel agitated by me. I believe you will have a clear opinion by the end of our complimentary twenty-five minutes.  It is important for me to be true to myself, and I want you to make an informed decision about whether I am a good fit.  It's worth mentioning that the clients who choose to work with me typically say I am more patient and compassionate than they are with themselves.  I also know that my own past healing has softened me and deepened my ability to empathize with your challenges.  I believe you will feel uniquely understood and cared for by me.

My approach is quintessentially holistic and oriented to the whole person – mind, body, emotions, and spirit. Conventional therapy often pathologizes people but I see people as essentially whole and good; there is nothing broken in you or damaged or wrong. You are not depression; you are someone who learned to squash your energy for some very good reason but now that price is too high. As we walk the path together, instead of fighting ourselves, we learn to embrace the old hurts and the current struggles with loving kindness. This self-compassion softens our defense systems and makes us malleable to change, which ultimately allows us to transform our suffering into insight, meaning and direction. From this place of open-heartedness toward ourselves, we can finally feel vitality and joy again.