While you will see services below, my expertise resides in specific Specialties which are addressed on that page.
If you’re stuck in the same arguments, feeling disconnected from your partner, or wondering why you keep repeating the same patterns no matter how hard you try… you’re not broken, and you’re not alone. Most people were never taught how to handle conflict, express what they really need, or understand why they react so strongly when they feel hurt or misunderstood.
That’s where this work comes in.
As a licensed marriage and family therapist, I help couples get underneath the surface fights and identify what’s actually driving the cycle. We look at your specific patterns, your histories, and the emotional triggers that keep pulling you back into the same place. This isn’t surface-level advice. It’s real therapeutic work that addresses the roots of what’s happening — not just the symptoms.
In session, we don’t just talk about change — we practice it. You’ll learn concrete skills for communication, repair, and emotional connection, and you’ll try them in real time with guidance. Then you take those tools home and apply them in everyday life, where change actually has to happen.
The goal isn’t perfection. The goal is understanding, security, and a relationship that feels steady instead of exhausting. And that’s absolutely something you can build.
I work with individuals who want to understand their relationships more clearly — not just romantic ones, but family, friendships, and work dynamics too. Most relationship struggles don’t come out of nowhere. They’re tied to old patterns, past experiences, and sometimes trauma that never really got processed.
In therapy, we slow things down enough to see what’s driving your reactions and build healthier ways of relating that actually stick.
I also offer EMDR therapy, which is one of the most effective tools we have for processing unresolved trauma. When old experiences are still sitting in your nervous system, they quietly shape how you connect with people today. EMDR helps your brain finish what it couldn’t finish at the time, so you’re not carrying the same emotional charge into every new situation.
Individual therapy gives you a private, steady place to think honestly, feel what’s there, and make sense of your story with professional support. You learn and practice new, more adaptive relationship skills to get you what you want.
This isn’t surface problem-solving. It’s work that gets to the root — and when the root shifts, your relationships shift with it.
I work with attorneys and executives whose performance, leadership style, or interpersonal patterns are impacting their teams and firm culture.
My approach is direct, strategic, and results-focused. We identify the specific behaviors creating friction, assess blind spots, and intervene in real time to course-correct. This is not abstract leadership theory — it is practical, behavioral change that improves communication, accountability, and professional presence.
Engagements are structured as a 10-week process. Each week includes one full session, followed by a half-session later in the week to refine implementation, address resistance, and adjust techniques in real time.
Prior to beginning the coaching work, I conduct interviews with relevant parties identified by the firm — typically HR, supervising partners, or other key stakeholders. Based on these interviews, I design a personalized intervention plan that addresses both the firm’s concerns and the dynamics I identify. I confer with leadership once more before initiating the coaching process to ensure alignment and clarity of objectives.
Throughout the 10-week engagement, I provide monthly progress updates in a manner that protects individual confidentiality while keeping the firm informed of overall movement and receptivity.
If, during the initial assessment process, there is a clear lack of openness to feedback or change, I inform the firm and the engagement is discontinued.
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