No topic is off-limits and I always take your lead. In therapy, we'll co-create a variety of conversations together - but the following topics are especially familiar to me.
Would a conversation be helpful to see if I have the expertise you're seeking?
Are you crossing a threshold? Perhaps a change in circumstance or an aspect of your identity? Our early years are full of these spaces - in ourselves, in relationships, in the communities we've known. I'd be honored to walk with you through this time of change.
The pandemic highlighted how powerful depression can be when we struggle to enjoy life the way we once did. Depression can arise for a variety of reasons but doesn't need to be a permanent way of feeling. I look forward to witnessing new days emerge for you.
Our nervous system is wired to respond with anxiety and panic at times. Ideally, those are exceptions to our general experience and not a familiar way of feeling. If anxiety and panic have become more present than you would prefer, let's find relief together.
Recovering perfectionist here! The weight of perfection can be a heavy burden to carry, often creating anxiety in a body that longs to relax and play and show up more fully in the world. Drawing on the work of Brenè Brown, let's explore these thoughtful, waiting-to-exhale spaces.
Have you experienced a loss? Perhaps you're grieving the loss of a dating relationship, a family member, a loved one or the loss of a way of living. There are different types of grief and different styles of grieving, and we all need support when we're in the pain and the promise it will end.
Are you questioning a spiritual faith or tradition you've held? Reconciling old beliefs with new ways of understanding yourself or the world? Remodeling paradigms or identity spaces we've known is often tender - but we don't have to do it alone. I'm particularly eager to support conversations about Christianity and purity culture.
Therapy or counseling is a relationship separate from other parts of your life. It's an opportunity to be in supportive and thoughtful conversations about topics important to you. It's an intentional way of talking and exploring together. It's a partnership between a person's knowledge and expertise about their own life and a therapist's offering of meaningful questions and conversation.
In a world where life is busy and schedules are full, it can be challenging to find time to pause and focus on our lives in intentional ways. Therapy provides a private space and relationship for our nourishment. It's a time to explore our life and devote attention to areas of our life we'd value enhancing or changing. For young women, it can be especially helpful if conversations with parents or other adults aren't ideal.
For most of us, we reach a time in our life when the hopes and dreams we have for ourselves don't match the life we're living. We believe a better experience is waiting. People often begin therapy when they're feeling stuck in unpreferred ways and wanting change.
Beginning therapy doesn't have to mean anything's wrong with you. It means you want something different for your life and want to talk about how to move in those directions.
One of the most important aspects of therapy is the privacy of the therapy relationship. Your identity and our conversations together remain confidential unless you provide permission otherwise. Only with your permission can I speak about our relationship or our conversations. I believe every person deserves a sacred plan to share and I take every effort to guard your privacy and confidentiality.
Since I'm a mandated reporter in Washington State, there are exceptions to confidentiality largely relating to preserving a person's safety. I'm glad to discuss this further together.
In Washington State, teens over 13 years old are in charge of their therapy relationship and the confidential information they share with me. Exceptions to confidentiality apply and are outlined in my therapy contract. Please review this information together.