An Integrative Approach, Tailored to You.
My style is warm, direct, and collaborative, and I aim to create a space where we can talk honestly, explore deeply, and move forward in a way that feels grounded, useful, and empowering. I believe healing happens in connection, and I focus on fostering a genuine, trusting relationship where you can fully show up as yourself—without judgment, pressure, or having to “get it right.” I’m actively engaged in sessions, balancing compassion with gentle, honest feedback to support growth and meaningful change.
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Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, I thoughtfully blend different evidence-based therapy styles to fit your unique goals, needs, and lived experience. Our work often combines experiential, insight-oriented, and skill-based approaches you can use in everyday life. I also pay close attention to how your experiences, relationships, thoughts, emotions, and nervous system shape the way you experience yourself and others.
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Below you’ll find more about the evidence-based modalities I integrate in therapy.
Grounded in Connection.
Personalized with Evidence-Based Care.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is the practice of paying focused, non-judgmental attention to the present moment—your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations. It helps you develop greater self-awareness and acceptance, reducing stress and improving emotional regulation. Mindfulness techniques encourage you to observe your experiences with curiosity and compassion, which can lead to increased calm, clarity, and resilience in daily life. By cultivating acceptance of the present moment, mindfulness also creates space for intentional choice and meaningful change, empowering you to respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively.
Relaxation Techniques
Relaxation techniques help calm the mind and body by counteracting the body’s stress response—marked by symptoms like rapid heartbeat and muscle tension—and instead activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System, which restores balance and calm; practices such as deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, grounding, meditation, hypnotherapy, yoga, and exercise reduce anxiety, ease tension, and support overall mental and physical health, making it easier to handle life’s challenges.
Multicultural & Anti-Oppressive
Multicultural and anti-oppressive therapy recognizes how socio-political factors—such as cultural, ethnic, and racial identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation—as well as broader social inequalities and systemic oppression, shape your life experiences and mental health. A multicultural and anti-oppressive therapist brings deep cultural knowledge, curiosity, and sensitivity to the therapeutic space, offering support that is collaborative, empowering, and grounded in social justice to promote healing and growth.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Attachment-based therapy focuses on how your early relationships with caregivers shape the way you connect with others and experience yourself as an adult. Patterns of attachment can influence your emotions, sense of security, and how you handle closeness or conflict in relationships. You might find yourself feeling overwhelmed by insecurity or fear, struggling with intense emotions or detachment, or having difficulty trusting, connecting, or showing love and empathy. In attachment-based therapy, building a strong, secure relationship with your therapist becomes the foundation for healing. Together, you can work to repair old attachment wounds and develop healthier, more fulfilling relationships built on trust, safety, and connection.
Dialectical Behavioral (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a skill-based, evidence-supported treatment that balances self-acceptance with meaningful change. In DBT, your therapist validates your experiences while guiding you to develop mindfulness, improve relationship and communication skills, and learn effective techniques to manage overwhelming emotions and stress. This approach helps you build resilience and create a more balanced, fulfilling life.
Health at Every Size (HAES)
Eating disorders can affect people of any size or background. Health at Every Size® (HAES®) offers a compassionate, weight-inclusive approach that prioritizes well-being over numbers on a scale, creating a safe space to heal relationships with food, movement, and the body, free from diet culture and weight stigma; recognizing that health is complex and shaped by many factors beyond weight. HAES focuses on sustainable self-care practices that support both physical and mental health.
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Trauma-informed therapy acknowledges the widespread impact of trauma on both the mind and body. It integrates evidence-based practices, such as polyvagal theory and somatic therapy, to help repair your sense of safety, connection, self-image, inner peace, emotional regulation, and nervous system balance. Above all, it recognizes that your responses to trauma are biological and protective, not signs of weakness, and that healing happens best in an environment of trust, choice, and compassion.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a skill-based, evidence-backed treatment that focuses on the connection between your thoughts, behaviors, and emotions. Through CBT, you’ll learn practical techniques to identify, challenge, and reframe unhelpful thinking patterns and develop new skills that support your emotional well-being. This approach empowers you to make lasting changes both inside and outside of therapy sessions, leading to improved mood and healthier coping strategies.
Multidisciplinary Care for Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are complex illnesses impacting both physical and mental health, which is why effective treatment involves a multidisciplinary team—including a psychologist like myself, an eating disorder-informed dietitian, a primary care doctor, and sometimes a psychiatrist—each contributing unique expertise to address the medical, nutritional, and emotional aspects of recovery, ensuring comprehensive, personalized care that goes beyond symptoms to help you heal your relationship with food, your body, and yourself.