Sessions feel like a space to slow down, make sense of long-standing patterns, and explore emotions with curiosity and compassion. Many share that the work balances warmth and support with gentle challenge, helping them gain insight, feel more connected to themselves, and create change that feels meaningful and lasting.

My approach is depth-oriented and relational, focused on helping clients understand their inner world with curiosity and compassion. Rather than offering quick fixes, I work collaboratively to explore emotions, beliefs, and patterns, gently challenging what keeps clients stuck while supporting meaningful, lasting change. The goal is to help clients reconnect with a more grounded, authentic sense of self and make choices that feel intentional and aligned.

One of the most meaningful things I’ve learned in my own therapy is that insight alone isn’t enough. Real change happens when understanding is paired with compassion. Learning to sit with my emotions rather than judge or rush them has shaped not only how I relate to myself, but how I show up with clients.

I’m a therapist because I believe that understanding ourselves changes how we live, relate, and choose. I’m deeply interested in the stories people carry beneath the surface and how old patterns quietly shape present-day pain. Walking alongside others as they make sense of their inner world, reconnect with themselves, and move toward a more authentic life feels both meaningful and deeply human to me.

I’ve spent a lot of time feeling off balance, disconnected from myself, or stuck in the same old patterns, and I know how heavy and confusing that can feel. Having been there, I get what it’s like to face your own feelings, even the messy, uncomfortable ones, and try to make sense of them. That experience makes me show up with real empathy and patience, and it reminds me that change is slow, sometimes hard, but always possible.

The Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. Yalom

I try to check in with myself every day, notice how I’m feeling, see the patterns creeping in, and make little choices that actually matter to me. Even on the hard days, when I’m tired or emotions hit hard, doing that keeps me feeling alive, grounded, and like I’m really living my own life.