Your Questions, Answered
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We provide individual therapy (55-minute sessions), extended individual sessions (85 minutes), and couples therapy, all grounded in a depth-oriented, psychodynamic and experiential approach. We also offer preparation and integration support for neuroplastigen (psychedelic-assisted) experiences, as well as in-home session add-ons for added convenience. Reduced-rate sessions are available for veterans through our Veterans Scholarship Program, based on need and availability.
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Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a call—we’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.
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My work goes beyond symptom relief to focus on the deeper patterns shaping your inner world and relationships. Rather than offering quick fixes or surface-level strategies, I use a psychodynamic and experiential approach that helps you understand why you feel and respond the way you do—while also creating space for meaningful emotional experience and change in the moment.
I integrate multiple modalities, including somatic awareness, parts-based work, and depth-oriented exploration, allowing therapy to be tailored to you rather than confined to a single method. This creates a more flexible, personalized process that honors both insight and lived experience.
At its core, therapy here is not about “fixing” you—it’s about helping you come into a more honest, integrated relationship with yourself, so that change emerges naturally and sustainably.
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You can reach me anytime via our contact page or email. I aim to respond quickly—usually within one to two business day.
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Working with me is collaborative, grounded, and depth-oriented. I aim to create a space where you can slow down, feel safe enough to be real, and explore what’s happening beneath the surface without judgment or pressure. Sessions are conversational but intentional—we follow what feels most alive and meaningful, while also gently uncovering patterns that may be shaping your experience outside of awareness.
At times, the work may feel reflective and insight-focused; at others, more experiential—inviting you to connect with emotions, bodily sensations, or different parts of yourself as they arise. I will challenge you when it’s helpful, support you when it’s needed, and stay engaged in the process with you rather than remaining distant or overly clinical.
Overall, clients often describe the work as honest, grounding, and deeply human—a place where real change happens not by forcing it, but by understanding and engaging with yourself more fully.
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Psychodynamic therapy is a depth-oriented approach that focuses on understanding how your past experiences, relationships, and unconscious patterns shape your present thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Rather than only addressing symptoms, it explores the underlying “why” beneath what you’re experiencing.
In this work, we pay attention to recurring patterns—especially in relationships—along with thoughts, feelings, and even subtle reactions that arise in the moment. These often reflect deeper themes that developed earlier in life and continue to influence how you relate to yourself and others.
The goal is not just insight, but meaningful change. As these patterns become more conscious and are experienced differently in therapy, you gain greater flexibility, emotional depth, and the ability to respond to life in ways that feel more authentic and aligned.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a therapeutic approach that understands the mind as made up of different “parts,” each with its own feelings, roles, and perspectives. For example, you might have a part that is highly critical, another that avoids discomfort, and another that carries pain from past experiences. These parts are not problems to eliminate—they are attempts by your system to protect and help you, even if their strategies no longer serve you.
IFS also emphasizes the presence of a core “Self”—a grounded, compassionate, and steady center within you that can relate to these parts with curiosity and care. In therapy, we work to help you access this Self and build a healthier relationship with your internal system.
Rather than fighting against yourself, IFS helps you understand and harmonize these inner dynamics, allowing for healing, integration, and a greater sense of inner coherence.
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Somatic integration is an approach to therapy that works with the body as an essential part of the healing process. Rather than focusing only on thoughts and emotions, it recognizes that experiences—especially stress and trauma—are also held in the nervous system and expressed through physical sensations, tension, and patterns of activation.
In somatic work, we gently bring awareness to what is happening in the body in the present moment—such as breath, posture, and sensation—while staying within a pace that feels safe and manageable. This allows the nervous system to process and release what may have been held or unresolved, rather than simply talking about it.
Over time, somatic integration helps increase your capacity to feel, regulate, and respond more flexibly. It supports a deeper sense of grounding, connection, and resilience by bringing the mind and body back into alignment.
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Clinical hypnotherapy is a therapeutic approach that uses focused attention and a relaxed, absorbed state (often called trance) to help you access deeper layers of the mind. In this state, the mind becomes more open to insight, emotional processing, and new ways of experiencing yourself—allowing change to occur more efficiently than through conscious effort alone.
What happens in the mind?
During hypnosis, your conscious, analytical thinking softens while your deeper, associative and emotional processes become more accessible. You are not unconscious or asleep—you are actually more aware of your inner experience. This allows you to work directly with patterns, memories, and beliefs at the level where they are formed and maintained.How do I know if I can be hypnotized?
Most people can enter a hypnotic state. If you can become absorbed in a book, a movie, music, or even your own thoughts, you already have the capacity. Hypnosis is less about being “put under” and more about your ability to focus and engage internally.Will I remember what happens?
Yes. In clinical hypnotherapy, you remain aware and typically remember the experience. You are not controlled or made to do anything against your will—you are an active participant throughout the process.What will it feel like?
People often describe it as a state of deep relaxation combined with focused awareness. You may feel calm, grounded, and inwardly attentive—similar to being fully immersed in a daydream or meditation, while still able to respond and engage.How is it different from stage hypnosis?
Clinical hypnotherapy is very different from entertainment-based stage hypnosis. Stage hypnosis is designed for performance and relies on social pressure, suggestion, and highly responsive volunteers. In contrast, clinical hypnotherapy is collaborative, respectful, and tailored to your goals. It is used to support healing, insight, and meaningful change—not to entertain or take control.