about the people i work with:

    • I work with adults who are thoughtful, driven, and deeply committed to the people, values, and responsibilities that matter most to them. Many are highly capable and accomplished in their personal or professional lives, yet privately struggle with anxiety, chronic stress, burnout, perfectionism, self-criticism, relationship challenges, or a persistent sense of carrying more than others realize.

    • Many of my patients are accustomed to being the person others depend on. They may be healthcare professionals, educators, attorneys, graduate students, parents, caregivers, emerging leaders, or individuals balancing multiple personal and professional demands. Although their experiences and backgrounds are diverse, they often share a tendency to hold themselves to exceptionally high standards while placing the needs of others ahead of their own.

    • I often work with adults who have received a diagnosis later in life, or who have spent years feeling misunderstood, overlooked, or dismissed. Many have learned to navigate the world by masking their struggles, minimizing their needs, or adapting to environments that were not designed with their unique ways of thinking, feeling, or functioning in mind.

  • Most commonly, I work with people who have spent years believing they should be able to handle everything on their own.

    I frequently work with individuals/adults who are:

    • Experiencing anxiety, excessive worry, racing thoughts, overthinking, and difficulty managing uncertainty.

    • Managing symptoms of ADHD, including those diagnosed later in life or those who have spent years feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, or frustrated by challenges with attention, organization, motivation, emotional regulation, executive functioning, or self-esteem.

    • Navigating chronic illness, health-related stress, or women's health concerns. This may include adjusting to a new diagnosis, managing an ongoing medical condition, advocating within healthcare systems, coping with changes in functioning or identity, or navigating fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, hormonal, or perimenopausal experiences.

    • Facing relationship challenges, major life transitions, caregiver stress, identity development, and the lasting impact of feeling dismissed, misunderstood, or expected to carry more than others realize.

    • Balancing significant responsibilities while struggling to care for themselves. They may appear capable and successful on the outside while privately experiencing chronic stress, burnout, perfectionism, self-doubt, or the feeling that they are constantly pushing themselves just to keep up.

  • Life transitions can be exciting, meaningful, and growth-promoting, but they can also bring uncertainty, stress, grief, and questions about identity. Even positive changes often require us to adapt, redefine priorities, and navigate unfamiliar territory. Many patients come to therapy during times when they find themselves asking, "Who am I now?" or "What do I want this next chapter of my life to look like?"

    Life transitions can feel especially challenging when layered with anxiety, ADHD, chronic illness, health concerns, caregiving responsibilities, or the pressure to maintain high levels of performance and productivity. Many people find that strategies that worked well in one stage of life no longer work in another, leaving them feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward.

    I work with individuals navigating a wide range of transitions, including, but not limited to:

    • Starting college

    • Pursuing graduate education, including doctoral programs (medical, law, other PhD)

    • Entering the workforce (after a graduation, changing careers, or re-entering after family circumstances, such as returning to work after having a child)

    • Becoming a parent

    • Adjusting to children becoming more independent (including adult children going to college, getting married, or having their own children)

    • Moving into a new space, or moving in with a partner, or roommate

    • Relocating

    • Beginning or ending relationships

    • Navigating perimenopause or menopause

    • Navigating any health-related changes (including those of a family member)

    • Navigating identity development

      • Complicated family dynamics

      • Estrangement, shifting relationships

      • The process of creating lives, relationships, and communities that feel more authentic, fulfilling, and aligned with who they are becoming

  • Most of my patients are seeking something similar: a way to move through life with greater balance, authenticity, and self-trust while caring for themselves with the same attention, compassion, and commitment they so readily offer to others.

    While every person's individual goals are unique, many people come to therapy wanting:

    • To feel less overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, self-doubt, and the constant pressure to keep up with competing demands.

    • A greater sense of confidence, clarity, and trust in themselves and their ability to navigate life's challenges.

    • To develop healthier boundaries, improve work-life balance, or manage stress more effectively.

    • Tostrengthenrelationships, communicate more confidently, or respond to themselves with greater self-compassion.

    • To better understand and manage ADHD.

    • To navigate chronic illness or health-related challenges.

    • To adapt to life transitions.

    • To develop and build practical coping strategies that feel sustainable rather than exhausting.

    • To gaining insight into longstanding patterns that no longer serve them.

    • Guidance and support around making meaningful changes, or creating a life that feels more aligned with their values and priorities.