Specializations
People-Pleasing
People-pleasing is rarely just about saying “yes” too often. It’s often a pattern that developed for good reasons. It is a way of staying connected, avoiding conflict, or feeling valued in important relationships. Over time, though, constantly prioritizing others can leave you feeling anxious, resentful, invisible, or unsure of who you are outside of meeting others’ needs.
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In our work together, we look beneath the surface of these patterns. We explore the attachment experiences, family dynamics, and internal beliefs that shaped your urge to seek approval or avoid disappointment. Rather than simply teaching you to “set better boundaries,” we build understanding and compassion for the parts of you that learned this strategy.
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As that understanding deepens, change becomes more natural. Boundaries feel less like confrontation and more like clarity. You can begin to honor your needs without losing connection, cultivating a stronger sense of self and more balanced, authentic relationships.
Anxiety & Stress
Anxiety and stress often signal that something deeper needs attention. While external pressures, like work, relationships, and uncertainty, can trigger overwhelm, the intensity of anxiety is often shaped by older patterns of protection, responsibility, or fear of getting it wrong. Over time, you may find yourself stuck in cycles of overthinking, overworking, or avoiding. Unfortunately, trying to manage the anxiety in ways that ultimately keep it alive.
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In our work together, we look beneath the surface of these patterns. Rather than simply reducing symptoms, we explore the underlying stories, attachment experiences, and protective parts that fuel your anxiety. As we build understanding and compassion, your relationship to anxiety begins to shift. Instead of feeling controlled by it, you can respond with greater steadiness, clarity, and confidence.
Complex Trauma
Complex trauma often develops in relationships where safety, consistency, or attunement were missing over time. Rather than a single event, it reflects repeated experiences that shaped how you learned to survive, how you protect yourself, relate to others, and interpret the world.
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Its impact can show up as chronic anxiety, emotional numbness, shame, hyper-independence, difficulty trusting, or a persistent sense of disconnection from yourself and others. These patterns are not signs of weakness; they are adaptations that once made sense.
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In our work together, we move gently and at your pace. Alongside exploring attachment patterns and protective parts, we incorporate somatic approaches to help you reconnect with your body and build a felt sense of safety. Healing complex trauma is not about reliving the past, but about helping your nervous system experience something new, a deeper sense of safety, clarity, and connection in the present.
Over time, this work can support a stronger sense of identity, deeper trust in yourself, and relationships that feel safer and more secure.
Relational Issues
Couples often come to therapy feeling stuck in a painful, repeating cycle. In the same arguments, the same shutdowns, the same sense of distance. In Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we understand that the problem isn’t one partner or the other, but the negative interaction pattern that takes over when deeper attachment needs feel threatened.
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In our work together, we slow that cycle down and uncover the vulnerable emotions beneath anger, defensiveness, or withdrawal, like fears of not being enough, of being rejected, of losing connection. As these deeper needs are expressed and responded to with empathy, couples begin to experience one another differently.
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The goal of EFT is not simply better communication, but a more secure bond, one where both partners feel safe, valued, and emotionally connected.
Avoidant Attachment
Avoidant attachment often has a bad rap. However, it reflects early experiences where closeness felt overwhelming, unreliable, or unsafe. Over time, you may have learned to rely on yourself, minimize emotional needs, or create distance when relationships start to feel too vulnerable.
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These strategies likely developed for good reasons. But in adulthood, they can leave you feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or conflicted about intimacy.
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In therapy, we move gently and without pressure. Together, we explore the attachment experiences that shaped your need for independence and the protective parts that step in when closeness feels risky. Rather than forcing vulnerability, we build emotional safety at a pace that feels steady.
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As understanding deepens, you can begin to stay present in moments that once triggered withdrawal, express needs more openly, and experience connection without feeling engulfed. The goal is not to change who you are, but to help you develop a more secure way of relating — one that allows for both autonomy and closeness.
Transitional Issues
Life transitions, whether chosen or unexpected, often stir more than logistics. A new job, a breakup, a move, or a shift in identity can activate old fears, attachment patterns, or questions about who you are and where you’re headed.
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These moments can feel disorienting not simply because things are changing, but because parts of you may feel uncertain, untethered, or pulled between past and future.
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In our work together, we slow down and make space for the full emotional experience of transition. We explore what this change is touching — the hopes, the grief, the fears, and the emerging possibilities. Rather than rushing toward the “next step,” we focus on helping you feel more grounded within yourself.
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Over time, transitions can become opportunities for integration, clarifying your values, strengthening your sense of self, and moving forward with greater intention and steadiness.