Frequently asked questions.

My integrative approach is designed for adults who understand their patterns but still feel caught in self-doubt, emotional intensity, shutdown, people-pleasing, or painful relationship cycles they cannot think their way out of. I draw from Somatic Experiencing®, Attachment-Based Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) to explore how earlier relationships and protective adaptations continue to shape your emotions, bodily responses, sense of self, and connections with others.

This approach may be especially helpful for people experiencing complex or relational trauma, attachment difficulties, borderline personality disorder (BPD), anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, or recurring relationship concerns. When more structure is helpful, I also provide individual therapy informed by the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) model developed by Marsha Linehan, PhD. DBT strategies are integrated with somatic work to strengthen emotional regulation, distress tolerance, relationship skills, and awareness of the body—while supporting greater self-trust, agency, and understanding of the responses that once helped you survive.

Your first session is an opportunity to begin building a relationship in which you do not need to perform, explain yourself perfectly, or already know exactly what you need. We will talk about what brings you to therapy, what you hope will be different, and the patterns that may leave you doubting yourself, disconnected from your needs, or feeling stuck in relationships. We will work at a pace that respects your nervous system and protective responses, without pushing you to share more than feels manageable.

If you are scheduling an Attachment Consultation, your first session will include a structured, comprehensive assessment of how you experience closeness, vulnerability, conflict, separation, and support. You will then receive a detailed written report and feedback session designed to help you understand these patterns without reducing you to a label—and to clarify how the findings can inform your therapy, relationships, and personal goals.

Yes. I offer Attachment Consultations for Couples who want to understand why they become caught in recurring cycles of pursuit, withdrawal, overfunctioning, reassurance-seeking, shutdown, or emotional distance—even when both partners care deeply about the relationship.

Rather than reducing each partner to an attachment style, the consultation explores how each person has learned to manage closeness, vulnerability, conflict, separation, and support—and how those protective patterns interact within the relationship. The service includes a 90-minute individual session with each partner, a comprehensive written report, and a feedback session.

These consultations can provide valuable direction and shared language for couples preparing to begin couples therapy or a therapeutic intensive. I do not currently provide couples therapy.

Attachment Theory offers a way to understand how early relationships and later relational experiences shape what we expect from closeness, vulnerability, conflict, and support. These experiences can influence how we interpret other people’s behavior, regulate emotions, seek reassurance, protect our independence, or disconnect from our own needs. They do not permanently determine who we are, and no person can be reduced to a single attachment style.

Understanding your attachment patterns can help explain why you may lose yourself in relationships, fear abandonment, overfunction for others, withdraw, or shut down when connection feels uncertain. The goal is not to earn a more desirable label. It is to understand what your protective responses have been trying to prevent, rebuild trust in your own experience, and develop greater freedom to remain connected without abandoning yourself.

My approach may be a good fit if you understand your patterns yet still find yourself second-guessing your experience, overfunctioning for others, shutting down, or losing touch with what you feel and need when relationships become uncertain. I work with adults experiencing complex or relational trauma, attachment difficulties, emotional dysregulation, and recurring relationship patterns—especially those who want to reach beyond intellectual insight alone.

I integrate Somatic Experiencing® and Attachment-Based Therapy to help you understand your protective patterns while also attending to the emotions, bodily responses, and nervous-system reactions that can keep those patterns in place. I offer a free 20-minute consultation so you can ask questions, tell me what you are looking for, and decide whether my approach feels like the right fit for you.