Specialty Focus Areas

Psychotherapy services are available for individuals aged 10 and over..

Each session is personalized to your individual needs and experiences. The therapeutic process is designed to help you build insight, strengthen coping skills, and enhance overall mental health and well-being.

Couples psychotherapy offers a compassionate, healing space where partners can explore the deeper emotional currents shaping their relationship. Often, couples come feeling stuck in cycles of misunderstanding, disconnection, or conflict — unable to break free from old wounds, unspoken fears, or unmet needs. Therapy invites you both to slow down and look beneath the surface patterns to the vulnerable emotions, fears, and longings that drive your interactions.

Common experiences that bring couples to therapy include:

• Feeling emotionally distant or disconnected despite a desire for closeness

• Repeated arguments that escalate without resolution

• Struggles with trust, including after breaches like infidelity or secrecy

• Difficulty expressing needs and fears without judgment or blame

• Navigating major life transitions such as becoming parents, career shifts, or loss

• Underlying trauma or unresolved family-of-origin wounds impacting your bond

• Balancing individual identities with shared partnership goals

Our therapeutic approach is integrative and deeply relational, combining evidence-based models to support emotional healing and lasting change:

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps couples access and express vulnerable emotions, creating secure attachment and emotional safety. It moves you from reactive cycles into deeper empathy and connection.

• Gottman Method provides practical tools to enhance communication, build friendship, and repair trust by fostering understanding and respect.

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) explores how different “parts” within each partner influence your dynamics, allowing healing of inner wounds that play out in your relationship.

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) supports recognizing and transforming unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to conflict or disconnection.

Together, we work toward cultivating a partnership grounded in empathy, vulnerability, and authentic connection. This is not just about solving problems — it is about growing together, learning to hold and heal each other’s pain, and building a resilient, loving relationship that can weather life’s challenges.

All couples, regardless of background or relationship structure, are welcome to engage in this transformative process

This single, extended session is designed for individuals facing a sudden challenge, recent life disruption, or non-emergency crisis who want focused, actionable support. In 90 minutes, we’ll work together to gain clarity, identify practical solutions, and develop a plan you can put into action right away. The approach is entirely customized, solution-focused, and aimed at helping you navigate your current situation with insight and confidence.

Trauma can impact every part of a person’s life—thoughts, emotions, relationships, and the ability to feel safe in the world. Whether it stems from a single overwhelming event or from long-term, repeated experiences, trauma often leaves behind patterns of fear, disconnection, and emotional pain that are difficult to navigate alone.

This therapy space supports individuals living with the effects of both acute and complex trauma, including childhood abuse or neglect, domestic violence, medical trauma, repeated emotional harm, and trauma experienced by first responders or those in high-stress environments.

Our approach is trauma-informed, compassionate, and tailored to each person’s unique experience. We incorporate evidence-based treatments such as Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to support emotional safety, process traumatic memories, challenge unhelpful beliefs, and promote long-term healing and resilience.

Anxiety and depression are among the most common mental health challenges, yet each person’s experience is deeply personal and unique. Anxiety can manifest as persistent and overwhelming worry, physical symptoms such as rapid heartbeat or muscle tension, restlessness, or an inability to relax. Depression may bring prolonged feelings of sadness, emptiness, hopelessness, loss of interest in activities once enjoyed, changes in appetite or sleep patterns, low energy, and difficulty concentrating or making decisions. Together, these conditions can significantly impact your daily functioning, relationships, and overall quality of life.

Therapy offers a compassionate and confidential space to explore the underlying causes and patterns contributing to your anxiety and depression. By understanding the complex interplay of thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and life circumstances, you can gain insight and begin to break free from cycles of distress.

In our work together, we focus on:
• Identifying and challenging negative or distorted thought patterns that fuel anxiety and depression
• Developing practical skills to manage and reduce symptoms, including relaxation techniques and grounding exercises
• Exploring unresolved emotional issues or past experiences that may contribute to your current struggles
• Building emotional regulation skills to help you respond to stress and triggers with greater resilience
• Enhancing motivation and engagement in meaningful activities that foster a sense of purpose and connection
• Improving sleep hygiene, self-care routines, and lifestyle habits that support mental and physical health
• Strengthening your support system and communication skills to nurture relationships and reduce isolation

First responders and healthcare professionals are regularly exposed to high stress and high stakes environments where trauma, loss, and crisis become part of daily life. While these roles demand strength, skill, and composure, they often leave little space to process the emotional toll that accumulates over time. Chronic exposure to distressing events, moral injury, burnout, and systemic pressure can lead to lasting psychological and physical effects, even when the symptoms are hidden beneath professionalism and resilience.

Therapy can help support those working in emergency services, healthcare, and front-line roles, including paramedics, firefighters, police officers, correctional officers, nurses, physicians, crisis workers, and others in high intensity environments.

We offer a confidential, nonjudgmental space to work through:

• Cumulative stress and burnout

• Traumatic incidents and critical event exposure

• Compassion fatigue and emotional exhaustion

• Sleep disturbances, anxiety, and hypervigilance

• Guilt, grief, or moral injury

• Struggles with identity, detachment, or maintaining relationships outside of work

Therapeutic work is grounded in a trauma-informed and culturally aware approach. We incorporate evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support emotional regulation, nervous system recovery, and long term resilience.

You do not have to carry the weight of your work alone. Therapy offers a space to slow down, be seen, and begin to heal without needing to explain the culture of your profession.

Experiencing suicidal thoughts or engaging in self-harming behaviors can feel overwhelming, isolating, and deeply painful. These experiences are often not about wanting to die but about trying to cope with emotional pain that feels unmanageable or unbearable. Whether you are struggling with intense emotions, numbness, shame, or hopelessness, therapy offers a safe and compassionate space to begin finding relief.

If you are living with thoughts of suicide or engaging in self-harm, we want you to know that you are not alone and you are not beyond help. We have specialized training in working with suicidality and self-harming behaviors. You will be met without judgment, pressure, or shame. Instead, we will work with you to understand what you are going through, help you stay safe, and begin to build the tools and support you need to move toward stability, connection, and hope.

Together, we will
• Explore what is beneath the pain and what these thoughts or behaviors are trying to communicate
• Identify emotional triggers and patterns
• Develop safer and more supportive coping strategies
• Strengthen emotional regulation and self-understanding
• Create a safety plan that respects your autonomy and meets you where you are

Reaching out can feel hard, but it is a powerful step. You deserve care, support, and the chance to heal.

The postpartum period brings profound emotional, physical, and psychological changes. While becoming a parent can be a deeply meaningful experience, it can also come with feelings of overwhelm, exhaustion, anxiety, sadness, or disconnection. These responses are common and valid, and you do not have to face them alone.

Postpartum mental health support is available to all parents, not just birthing mothers. Whether you are a new mom, non-birthing parent, adoptive parent, or experiencing the impact of early parenting months or years after birth, this space is for you. Therapy can help you navigate identity shifts, emotional changes, and the many complexities of caring for a child while also caring for yourself.

Babies are welcome in session. We understand the demands of parenting and aim to create a flexible and baby friendly environment that supports your comfort and accessibility.

Common areas we support include
• Postpartum depression and anxiety
• Birth trauma or medical complications
• Identity and role transitions
• Grief, loss, or NICU experiences
• Relationship strain during the parenting transition
• Overwhelm, rage, guilt, or emotional numbness
• Difficulty bonding or connecting with your child

We also offer Walk and Stroll Therapy, an outdoor and movement based session option where you can talk while walking with your baby in a stroller or carrier. This can be especially helpful for regulating mood, easing isolation, and supporting your needs in a way that fits your daily reality.

You deserve care that honors your experience, your role as a parent, and your well-being. Therapy can be a space to feel supported, grounded, and seen, wherever you are in your postpartum journey.

There are times in life when everything feels too heavy, too fast, or too uncertain. You may be struggling with intense emotions, intrusive thoughts, panic, suicidal thinking, or feeling completely overwhelmed by a recent event or life stressor. In these moments, it can be hard to function day to day, and even harder to imagine a way forward.

Crisis stabilization therapy offers short-term, focused support to help you regain a sense of emotional safety and stability. This space is designed for individuals who are not in immediate danger but are experiencing significant emotional distress and need structured support to help ground, contain, and navigate their current crisis.

In therapy, we will
• Work together to reduce immediate emotional overwhelm
• Identify and strengthen tools for emotional regulation and coping
• Create a personalized safety and support plan
• Address underlying issues that may be contributing to the crisis
• Explore next steps for continued care and longer-term healing

Crisis stabilization is not about fixing everything at once. It is about helping you find enough steadiness and clarity to get through the immediate intensity, while feeling supported and not alone in the process.

If you are experiencing a medical or psychiatric emergency, please visit the nearest hospital or call emergency services immediately.

If you are in a moment of emotional crisis and not in immediate danger, we are here to help you find stability, strength, and a path toward healing.

Struggles with body image binge eating and chronic dieting can deeply affect your relationship with yourself and your daily life. These challenges often involve feelings of shame guilt frustration and a cycle of restrictive eating followed by overeating or loss of control. They may be linked to emotional pain stress trauma or societal pressures around appearance.

Therapy provides a compassionate and nonjudgmental space to explore these experiences. We work together to uncover the underlying emotional triggers and beliefs that contribute to unhealthy eating patterns and negative body image. The goal is to build a healthier and more peaceful relationship with your body food and self.

Common areas of focus include
• Understanding and interrupting cycles of binge eating and dieting
• Exploring emotions and thoughts related to body image and self-worth
• Developing mindful and intuitive eating practices
• Healing from trauma or emotional distress related to eating behaviors
• Building self-compassion and resilience
• Creating sustainable, balanced approaches to nutrition and wellbeing

Life is full of change, and sometimes those changes can feel overwhelming, disorienting, or even frightening. Whether you are navigating a major milestone, loss, new beginnings, or unexpected shifts, transitions can bring up a mix of emotions including uncertainty, grief, hope, anxiety, and excitement.

Therapy can provide a safe and compassionate space to explore the feelings that come with life transitions. We support individuals through a wide range of changes including career shifts, relationship changes, moving or relocating, becoming a parent, retirement, loss of a loved one, health challenges, or other significant life events.

Together, we will work to:
• Understand your unique experience and emotional responses
• Build resilience and coping strategies to manage uncertainty and stress
• Clarify your values and goals as you move forward
• Process grief or loss that may accompany change
• Strengthen your sense of identity and self-understanding

Change is often both challenging and an opportunity for growth. With support, you can navigate transitions with greater ease, confidence, and self-compassion.

Mental health needs continue throughout life and can evolve as we age. Older adults and seniors often face unique challenges such as coping with loss, managing chronic illness, adjusting to retirement, and navigating changes in relationships and daily functioning. These transitions can sometimes lead to feelings of loneliness, anxiety, depression, or confusion.

Our therapy services for geriatric and senior clients focus on providing compassionate, respectful support tailored to the distinct experiences of later life. We work together to enhance emotional wellbeing, promote resilience, and improve quality of life.

Areas we commonly support include
• Managing grief and loss
• Addressing anxiety and depression
• Coping with cognitive changes or early memory concerns
• Navigating transitions such as retirement or relocation
• Enhancing social connection and purpose
• Supporting chronic health conditions and their emotional impact

Therapy offers a safe space to share your story, explore your feelings, and find practical tools to support your mental health and overall wellbeing as you age.