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About My Clients
Anxiety is not who you are, it’s what you’re feeling - and we can change that. I specialize in helping people struggling with anxiety shed old patterns of overthinking, self-criticism, and self-doubt. Clients tell me that after our work they leave feeling confident, grounded, and calm. I also provide crucial space for therapists/trainees looking for a place to take off their "therapist hat" and settle in for that long journey into themselves.
My Background and Approach
Do you know the one about the six blind men? They are walking down the road and bump into an elephant. One feels his trunk and thinks it’s a snake, another feels his tail and thinks it’s a rope, another feels his leg and thinks it’s a tree trunk, etc. In fact, of course, they are all just responding to different parts of the same elephant. The world of therapy can be a bit like this. I find that my work usually builds on a foundation of mindfulness skills (nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment - so much harder than it sounds!) but can incorporate EMDR, IFS, CBT, and more. I’m familiar with the full alphabet soup of clinical approaches (I’m open to anything with a strong evidence-base) but these are just different ways to access the same essential whole. If I haven’t been clear, you are the essential whole (and, I suppose, the elephant!). We will move towards what matters to you from whatever approach feels right to you, because there are countless ways to do this right.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I’ve been working in mental health for over 20 years and I can tell you that something powerful happens when two people choose to sit down and be honest with each other. It’s a revelation. I’m not here to judge you - everyone struggles in their own way, and sometimes things just spiral to the point where it begins to feel out of control. The first step to stopping the spiral is just acknowledging that things have gone sideways, and allowing someone to join you in trying to figure it out. That’s where I enter: I can come in with fresh eyes on the problem and on you (we all get tired of ourselves, at some point others may be able to see us more clearly than we can see ourselves). I’m pragmatic, nonjudgmental, and wildly curious; I can be gentle even when I’m pressing you, and I can come up with 100 different ways to untangle the knots you’ve encountered. Therapy is hard work, for both of us. But it’s also rewarding, fulfilling, and inspiring, for both of us.