The path to becoming a parent or growing your family is often imagined as joyful and clear. When the experience is more complicated — marked by loss, uncertainty, or unexpected challenges — it can feel difficult to put into words, and even harder to know how to move forward.

You may find yourself carrying experiences that are hard to share, while also trying to show up for your child in the ways you hope to.

Parenting can bring moments of connection and meaning, but also moments of overwhelm, doubt, and exhaustion — especially when your child is struggling or when your own experiences feel close to the surface.

In this work, I focus on both your experience and your child’s development, with attention to how relationships support emotional regulation and create a sense of safety over time.

During pregnancy and early infancy, I focus on the developing parent-infant relationship, drawing from Perinatal Child-Parent Psychotherapy (P-CPP). For parents navigating trauma — including birth trauma, medical complications, or loss — I incorporate Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to support making sense of these experiences.

With young children, treatment involves working with the caregiver and child together using Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). With older children and adolescents, I work directly with the child while also supporting parents and family relationships. In this work, I draw from evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and other developmentally appropriate interventions to help children and teens navigate emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal challenges.

Depending on each child's and family's needs, treatment may also incorporate Adoption-Specific Therapy (ADAPT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills.

Couples often reach out after finding themselves caught in the same patterns again and again. You may have tried different ways of explaining, fixing, or avoiding the problem, yet the same arguments or misunderstandings keep returning. Over time, this can become exhausting, leaving both of you feeling stuck and unsure how to move forward together.

In my work with couples, I use Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), an evidence-based approach that focuses on understanding the deeper dynamics that shape how partners respond to one another — how personality differences, stressors, sensitivities, and ways of communicating come together in everyday moments around core issues.

In therapy, we slow these moments down and look at them together. We work to understand what each person was hoping for, what they were protecting, and how the interaction unfolded. As these layers become clearer, partners often begin to see each other with greater empathy and perspective.

From there, we begin experimenting with different ways of responding. Small shifts can open new possibilities in the relationship. Over time, many couples move out of cycles of blame or withdrawal and toward greater understanding and collaboration.

IBCT is one of the most carefully studied forms of couples therapy. Research, including the largest and longest randomized clinical trial in couples therapy to date, shows that IBCT improves relationship satisfaction, emotional closeness, communication, and individual well-being, with effects lasting for several years.

Difficult experiences — whether they involve trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, or longstanding depression — can begin to shape how you experience yourself, your relationships, and the world around you. You may notice yourself pulling away from others, expecting criticism, feeling constantly on edge, or becoming discouraged despite your genuine efforts to feel better. Over time, these patterns can create a sense of isolation, emotional exhaustion, or feeling "stuck."

Burnout often develops in a similar way, particularly in high-pressure or high-achieving environments. You may feel depleted, disconnected from what once felt meaningful, or unable to sustain the pace that once felt manageable.

Many of these patterns develop within the context of important relationships and can begin to shift through new experiences of understanding, connection, and change.

Together, we explore the situations, relationships, and experiences that contribute to these patterns while building practical skills to respond differently. Therapy is collaborative and tailored to your unique needs, with the goal of helping you develop greater flexibility, resilience, and more fulfilling relationships with yourself and others.

Treatment draws from several evidence-based approaches depending on your goals. For trauma, I incorporate Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), an evidence-based treatment that helps people process and recover from traumatic experiences. For persistent depression, I use the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), which focuses on understanding how longstanding interpersonal patterns contribute to depression and how those patterns can change. I also draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions, while incorporating Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to strengthen emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness during periods of overwhelm.

These approaches are supported by decades of research and are selected based on your individual concerns, strengths, and goals. Rather than following a one-size-fits-all model, therapy is thoughtfully tailored to help you create meaningful, lasting change.