My approach to psychotherapy is grounded in psychodynamic and existential principles, which view symptoms not only as signs of distress but also as expressions of unresolved inner conflicts and inherent human concerns. By engaging with this deeper material, the underlying problems can be realistically solved and suffering relieved.

The work begins with a clear understanding of your needs and a treatment plan that gives both of us a way to recognize progress. For some patients the central need is the treatment of psychological pain: depression, grief, anxiety, loneliness, the emotional weight of a health problem or a family conflict. For others the work is oriented more toward growth: the pursuit of purpose, meaning, stronger relationships, social connection, authenticity, and freedom. For many it is both and more.

What this looks like in practice will depend on the patient and the problem. It may mean modifying the thoughts and behaviors that are failing you, or resolving an underlying conflict that has shaped how you relate to others without your being fully aware of it. It may mean sitting with the harder existential concerns, about mortality, loss, identity, and what it means to live well. Sometimes the work is about solving a discrete problem. Sometimes it opens into something larger.

Sessions are typically weekly, in person or by telehealth.