Treatment Specialties

While I am a “generalist” therapist who can work with a wide range of issues that come up for my clients, I also have a few areas of focus in my practice.

Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome isn’t a diagnosis — it’s a pattern of persistent, inaccurate, negative beliefs about your own qualifications, experience, or abilities. It’s often the cause of stuckness, endless anxiety, low confidence, and even self-sabotaging behaviors. I help my imposter syndrome clients:

  • Build confidence

  • Overcome anxiety and depression

  • Make career decisions that prioritize balance and joy

  • Make new friends

  • Heal from childhood traumas, underparenting, and PTSD

  • Get control of alcohol use

  • Nurture positive body image through a Health at Every Size (HAES) approach

  • Communicate better in their marriages and partnerships.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a skills-focused, evidence-based practice that helps clients identify patterns of negative thinking and behavioral habits that are keeping them stuck. It’s recommended in the treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and many other mental health concerns. In my work, I pull techniques from the latest psychology research to help my clients identify which techniques work well in their lives, and I often give small “homework assignments,” like tracking negative thoughts or trying out new habits, to get my clients fast relief from the symptoms they’re struggling with.

Couples Therapy
Therapy with couples requires an active, engaged therapist trained in evidence-based interventions to help with communication. I’ve completed the Level 3 training in Gottman Method Therapy, a therapeutic approach that is the gold standard for treating many issues that can interrupt a strong relationship. I help my couples:

  • Learn productive communication skills

  • Rekindle love, friendship, and closeness if distance has developed

  • Resolve conflicts and gridlocked issues

  • Heal from infidelity and trust issues of all kinds

  • Develop collaborative co-parenting

  • Improve sex and intimacy.

Perfectionism
When a refusal to accept any standard short of perfection interacts with our over-crowded, hustle-culture lives, it can wreak havoc on our mental health. Many of my clients initially deny being perfectionists, saying, “but I’m constantly behind on everything! That’s not perfect!” Spoiler alert: everyone’s got an unfinished to-do list — it’s your perfectionism that won’t let you make peace with that. And perfectionism can often be paralyzing, actually reducing your productivity.

Often these tendencies go way back to childhood, when you were perhaps taught to prioritize hard work above all else, or to manage everyone’s feelings by never causing trouble or having any needs. I help my clients learn a kinder mindset of “Marie Kondo-ing” their lives, prioritizing the pieces that spark joy, and releasing or minimizing the pieces that no longer feel fulfilling (or never did). I teach clients how to set boundaries around unrealistic expectations, and to overcome the anxiety that never quite lets them relax and enjoy their lives fully.

Dating
I’ve got so many tricks up my sleeve for helping clients find their partners through online (and real-world) dating! I’ve developed a specific step-by-step protocol to help clients put themselves out there on dating apps, and find ways to meet people in-person by doing the things they love. This is an area I feel very passionate about, in part because I believe that meeting your partner is one of the greatest joys in life — and also because there is so much misinformation out there on how, exactly, to do that. Dating doesn’t have to be a cosmic mystery when there are a few simple steps, repeated often, that can help you attract the right people into your life.