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Therapy for Real Life

...With A Real Person

Individual, Couples and Family Therapy

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A person sitting alone on a park bench facing a landscape with snow-capped mountains and cloudy sky, in black and white.
Silhouettes of a family with children and dogs walking together at sunset in a grassy field.
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I work with individuals, couples and families dealing with the things that can make life and relationships difficult, like conflict, anxiety, major life changes, family problems, disconnection, and times when you simply feel stuck.

My approach is practical, conversational and straightforward. Therapy isn't about having someone tell you how to live your life. It's about understanding what's happening, recognizing patterns that may not be working anymore, and finding a better way forward.

How I Approach Therapy

I don’t believe therapy should feel like someone sitting across from you telling you what you’re doing wrong or giving you a list of things you need to change.

I try to understand people in the context of their actual lives, their relationships, experiences, families, pressures, strengths, and the ways they’ve learned to get through difficult things. Often, the ways we cope make sense when we understand where they came from. The problem is that sometimes those same strategies stop working, or begin creating problems of their own.

My approach is collaborative, conversational and straightforward. I draw from evidence-based approaches, but I don’t believe therapy should feel like a technique being done to you. We work together to understand what’s happening, recognize patterns, develop practical ways of responding differently, and create changes that actually make sense in your life.

You don’t have to have everything figured out before you come in. That’s part of what the room is for.

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A two-story brick building with a sloped roof, multiple windows, and signage indicating it is the Barclay Commons support services building. The building is surrounded by a green lawn, bushes, and trees. A sidewalk leads up to the entrance, with two lampposts on either side of the walkway. The sky is clear and blue.