Specialties

Grief is a natural, universal response to loss, but it is unique to each individual and each experience of loss. Whether you’re mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, a miscarriage, a major life transition, or another deeply personal loss, grief can sometimes feel overwhelming, confusing, and isolating.

In our work together, you will have a compassionate, nonjudgmental space to process your experience at your own pace. There is no “right” way to grieve. Some days may feel heavy with sadness; others may bring anger, guilt, numbness, or even moments of relief. I hope to empower you to accept all of your emotions without judgement.

How Therapy Can Help

Grief counseling can support you in:

• Making sense of complex emotions

• Coping with waves of conflicting emotions

• Navigating anniversaries, holidays, and triggers

• Addressing feelings of guilt or unfinished business

• Adjusting to life changes after a significant loss

• Establishing continued bonds with your loved one.

• Rebuilding identity and finding meaning moving forward

My approach is gentle, collaborative, and tailored to your needs. I integrate evidence-based therapeutic methods with deep empathy and respect for your unique story.

Moving Forward With Grief

Healing and finding hope does not mean forgetting or leaving your loved one behind. It means learning how to carry the loss in a way that allows you to live fully again. Together, we will honor your loss while helping you reconnect with strength, hope, resilience, and meaning.

If you’re ready for support, I am here to journey with you. Individual, family, and group support available.  

Facing the end of life, whether your own or that of someone you love, can bring profound emotional, spiritual, and relational challenges. This time may be filled with uncertainty, fear, grief, reflection, and deep tenderness. You do not have to navigate it alone.

Therapy provides a safe, supportive space to process what is unfolding and to receive steady, compassionate guidance during this meaningful transition.

Support for Individuals Facing a Life-Limiting Illness

If you are living with a serious or terminal diagnosis, therapy can help you:

• Process fear, sadness, anger, or uncertainty

• Explore questions of meaning, purpose, and legacy

• Navigate changes in identity and independence

• Prepare emotionally for medical decisions

• Communicate openly with loved ones

• Find moments of peace and dignity

Our work honors your autonomy, your story, and your values.

Support for Family Members and Caregivers

Anticipatory grief and caregiving can be emotionally and physically exhausting. You may be balancing hope and realism, love and fear, strength and vulnerability, often all at once.

Therapy can support you in:

• Processing anticipatory grief

• Managing caregiver stress and burnout

• Navigating family dynamics and decision-making

• Preparing for loss while staying present

• Coping with complicated emotions such as guilt or resentment

It is an honor to journey with you at the end of life to create space for honest emotions, meaningful conversations, and compassionate presence. We move at your pace and focus on what feels most important to you.

Receiving a new medical diagnosis or living with a chronic health condition can be life-altering. You may feel overwhelmed, scared, angry, uncertain, or exhausted. Even when others are supportive, it can feel isolating to navigate the emotional impact of ongoing health challenges.

Therapy offers a judgment free space to process what this diagnosis means for you: not just medically, but emotionally, relationally, and practically.

Adjusting to a New Diagnosis

A new diagnosis often brings a flood of information, decisions, and uncertainty. You may be coping with:

• Fear about the future

• Medical anxiety or appointment-related stress

• Changes in identity or self-image

• Grief over lost plans or expectations

• Difficulty explaining your condition to others

• Strain in relationships

Together, we work to help you process these reactions, build coping tools, and regain a sense of stability and control.

Living with Chronic Illness

Chronic health conditions can affect every area of life: work, relationships, energy levels, and emotional well-being. Therapy can support you in:

• Managing stress related to symptoms or flare-ups

• Navigating unpredictable energy and limitations

• Coping with pain or fatigue

• Reducing anxiety and depressive symptoms

• Addressing feelings of frustration, guilt, or resentment

• Processing grief over lost identity or expectations

• Preventing burnout from long-term self-management

We also explore boundary setting and self-compassion so you can care for your health without losing your sense of self in the process.

You deserve support as you adapt, heal, and move forward. If you’re navigating a new diagnosis or living with chronic illness, therapy can provide steady guidance and understanding along the way.

Support for Caregivers & Parents

Caregivers and parents are often the ones everyone else relies on. You manage the schedules, solve the problems, provide emotional support, and hold things together, even when you’re running on empty yourself. Caring for children, aging parents, a partner, or a loved one with special needs or health concerns can be deeply meaningful, and deeply exhausting.

It can be hard to admit when you need support, especially when you’re used to being the one holding it all together. Therapy offers a space where you don’t have to take care of anyone else, just yourself.

How Therapy Can Help

In our work together, I focus on helping you:

• Reduce stress and prevent burnout

• Develop practical coping strategies

• Set healthy, sustainable boundaries

• Strengthen communication within your family

• Reconnect with your own needs, goals, and identity

• Cultivate self-compassion

Therapy can provide space to process complex emotions without judgment. Supporting others does not mean sacrificing yourself. When caregivers receive support, the entire family system benefits. Prioritizing your mental and emotional health is not selfish, it is sustainable.

If you are ready to have a place where you can be supported, heard, and cared for, I am ready to journey with you towards grace and empowerment. 

Life is full of transitions, some planned and some unexpected. Even positive changes can bring stress, uncertainty, and emotional upheaval. During these periods, you may feel unsteady, overwhelmed, or unsure of who you are becoming.

Therapy offers a steady, supportive space to navigate change with clarity and confidence. Transitions often involve conflicting feelings, excitement and grief with hope for what’s ahead and sadness for what’s being left behind. All of these emotions are valid.

How Therapy Can Help

During times of change, therapy can support you in:

• Processing uncertainty and mixed emotions

• Clarifying values and goals

• Building confidence in decision-making

• Strengthening coping skills

• Managing stress and anxiety

• Establishing and asserting boundaries with others

• Rebuilding identity and sense of direction

I work collaboratively to help you make intentional choices rather than reacting from fear or overwhelm.

Transitions can be powerful opportunities for growth. With the right support, you can move through change feeling grounded, empowered, and aligned with who you want to become. If you are navigating a significant life shift, I look forward to providing you guidance and steadiness as you step into your next chapter.

Anxiety can sometimes feel relentless with racing thoughts, constant worry, difficulty sleeping, muscle tension, irritability, or a sense that something bad is about to happen. While anxiety is a natural, healthy response, it can become overwhelming and interfere with work, relationships, and daily life.  You don’t have to manage it alone.

Whether your anxiety is situational or long-standing, therapy can help you better understand and manage it.

How Therapy Can Help

My approach to anxiety treatment is compassionate, practical, and based on personal and professional experience. I work with you to tailor your treatment, often including:

• Identifying triggers and underlying patterns

• Learning grounding and nervous system regulation skills

• Challenging unhelpful thought patterns

• Reducing avoidance behaviors

• Building tolerance for uncertainty

I integrate evidence-based approaches to help you feel more in control. Anxiety doesn't have to be the monster it is made out to be.

Anxiety does not define you. With the right tools and support, it is possible to quiet the noise, feel more grounded, and respond to stress with greater confidence. If you’re ready to experience relief and regain a sense of balance, I am here to support you.

Many people describe their Depression as heavy, isolating, and exhausting. You may wake up already feeling drained, struggle to find motivation, or notice that things you once enjoyed no longer bring the same sense of fulfillment. Even small tasks can feel overwhelming.

If you’re experiencing depression, you are not weak—and you are not alone.

Depression may develop gradually or follow a life event such as a loss, transition, or period of prolonged stress. Regardless of how it began, support can make a meaningful difference.

How Therapy Can Help

Therapy offers a compassionate, nonjudgmental space to explore what you’re going through. Together, we work to:

• Understand the root causes and contributing factors

• Break cycles of negative thinking

• Build manageable daily structure and motivation

• Develop healthier coping strategies

• Strengthen self-compassion

• Reconnect with meaning, purpose, and hope

My approach integrates evidence-based practices, while honoring your unique experiences and pace. Healing from depression is not about “just thinking positive". It’s about creating sustainable shifts that support emotional well-being.

Even if it doesn’t feel that way right now, change can happen step by step, with lightness, grace, and hope. Therapy can help you move from surviving to truly living again. If you’re ready for support, I'm here to walk alongside you.