What I Help With

🌿 Trauma

A space to process difficult experiences, understand their impact, and move toward healing at your own pace.

Trauma isn’t always one defining event. Sometimes it’s years of carrying responsibilities you were never meant to carry, relationships that left you questioning yourself, or experiences that taught you it wasn’t safe to trust, speak up, or ask for help.

The effects of trauma can show up in many different ways—feeling constantly on edge, struggling to trust others, avoiding difficult emotions, or believing negative things about yourself that were never yours to carry.

Together, we’ll work to better understand how those experiences continue to influence your life today while creating space for healing, self-compassion, and meaningful change at a pace that feels right for you

🌿 Substance Use

Explore your relationship with substances without judgment while building a life that feels more meaningful and connected.

Substance use rarely begins in isolation. Often, it develops as a way of coping with emotional pain, overwhelming stress, trauma, loneliness, or experiences that once felt impossible to carry alone. While it may have served a purpose at one point, it can also begin to create new challenges that leave people feeling stuck, disconnected, or uncertain about how to move forward.

I don’t believe healing begins with judgment or shame. It begins with curiosity. Together, we’ll explore not only the role substances have played in your life, but also what they may have been helping you survive. By understanding the experiences beneath the behavior, we can begin building healthier ways of coping while working toward a life that feels more meaningful and aligned with who you are.

Whether you’re beginning your recovery, maintaining long-term sobriety, navigating a relapse, or simply questioning your relationship with alcohol or other substances, therapy can provide a place to better understand your experiences and move forward at your own pace.

🌿 Anxiety

Learn to understand anxiety rather than letting it control the way you live.

Anxiety can feel like your mind is constantly trying to stay one step ahead. It may show up as racing thoughts, overthinking conversations, difficulty relaxing, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or always preparing for what could go wrong. Over time, it can become exhausting to carry the weight of always feeling like you have to be “on.”

Rather than simply trying to make the anxiety disappear, we’ll work to better understand what it’s trying to communicate. Anxiety often develops for a reason. Sometimes it’s connected to past experiences, impossible expectations, or patterns that once helped you feel safe but no longer serve you. By approaching those patterns with curiosity instead of criticism, we can begin creating space for lasting change.

Together, we’ll explore practical ways to manage anxiety while also making sense of the experiences that have shaped it. My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you feel less overwhelmed by your thoughts and more connected to yourself, your values, and the life you want to build.

🌿 Relationship Challenges

Build healthier relationships by first understanding the patterns that shape them.

Relationships have a way of reflecting the stories we carry about ourselves. Sometimes we find ourselves repeating the same patterns, struggling to set boundaries, fearing conflict, or feeling responsible for everyone else’s needs while neglecting our own. These patterns often develop for a reason—even if they no longer serve us.

Together, we’ll explore the experiences that have shaped the way you relate to others while building greater awareness of your needs, values, and boundaries. Therapy isn’t about placing blame or deciding who’s right or wrong. It’s about understanding the patterns that keep you feeling stuck and creating space for healthier, more fulfilling relationships.

Whether you’re navigating conflict with a partner, family member, or friend—or simply wanting to strengthen the relationship you have with yourself—therapy can help you develop deeper self-understanding, communicate more authentically, and create relationships that feel more secure, balanced, and meaningful.

🌿 Life Transitions

Find clarity and steadiness while navigating life’s inevitable changes.

Life doesn’t always unfold the way we imagined it would. Whether you’re navigating a career change, divorce, becoming a parent, an empty nest, grief, or simply feeling uncertain about what’s next, transitions can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself and questioning where you fit.

Even positive changes can bring unexpected stress. When familiar routines, relationships, or roles begin to shift, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed, unsettled, or unsure of how to move forward. Those moments don’t mean you’re failing—they often mean you’re adapting to something new.

Together, we’ll create space to process those changes, make sense of what you’re experiencing, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have been overlooked along the way. My hope is that therapy helps you move through life’s transitions with greater clarity, confidence, and trust in your ability to navigate whatever comes next.

🌿 Self-Esteem & Identity

Reconnect with yourself beyond self-doubt, expectations, and the experiences that shaped you.

Many of us develop beliefs about ourselves long before we ever have the chance to question them. Messages from childhood, relationships, trauma, loss, or years of putting everyone else’s needs first can slowly shape the way we see ourselves. Over time, those beliefs can begin to feel like facts rather than stories we learned to survive.

Therapy offers an opportunity to look at those stories with curiosity instead of criticism. Together, we’ll explore where those beliefs came from, how they’ve influenced your relationships and choices, and whether they’re still serving the life you want to build. My goal isn’t to tell you who you should become—it’s to help you reconnect with who you already are beneath the expectations, self-doubt, and experiences that have shaped you.

Healing isn’t about becoming someone completely different. It’s about recognizing your strengths, trusting your own voice, and creating a life that feels more authentic, grounded, and aligned with your values.