Sometimes you can look like you’re holding everything together while knowing something underneath isn’t working. Maybe anxiety keeps your mind constantly running. Maybe depression has left you exhausted or disconnected from the things you used to care about. Maybe experiences from your past continue to shape how you see yourself, your relationships, or the choices you make today. Or maybe you simply know you don’t want to keep living the way you have been, even if you aren’t sure yet what needs to change.

You don’t have to have it all figured out before coming to therapy.

I approach counseling from a person-centered perspective, which means I believe you are the expert on your own life. My job isn’t to tell you who you should be or make decisions for you. Instead, we’ll work together to understand what you’re experiencing, where patterns may have come from, and what you want your life to look like moving forward.

I specialize in working with trauma in its many forms. Sometimes trauma is an event that clearly divides life into “before” and “after.” Other times, it develops through years of experiences that may not look dramatic from the outside but have profoundly shaped how you learned to see yourself, relate to others, or survive difficult situations.

Therapy with me is individualized rather than one-size-fits-all. Depending on your needs, our work may incorporate EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), solution-focused therapy, or traditional talk therapy. Most often, we’ll draw from different approaches based on what is most useful to you and what you need in that particular session.

I especially enjoy working with college students and young adults. Early adulthood can bring enormous pressure to figure out who you are, who you love, what you believe, what you want from your relationships and career, and where your life is supposed to go from here—all while managing the expectations other people may have for you.

You don’t need the right words. You don’t need a perfectly defined goal for therapy. And you don’t need to wait until things become unbearable to ask for support.

You can start exactly where you are. We’ll figure out where you want to go together.