How I Work
MY APPROACH
Rooted in Jungian psychology, I listen for symbolic themes and repeating patterns that reveal what the psyche is trying to express.
Dreams, recurring images, and familiar narratives can reveal what’s been outside awareness, repressed, or forgotten. Exploring these themes offers practical insight into current struggles and can support meaningful change.
This approach isn’t about “fixing” what’s broken, but discovering the meaning and potential within symptoms, emotions, and relationships. It invites reflection, curiosity, and honest self-confrontation—opening space for growth and depth.
RECOVERY FROM NARCISSISTIC CODEPENDENCY
I specialize in recovery from narcissistic–codependent dynamics—work that restores boundaries, self-trust, and inner authority. The pattern is often disorienting: a narcissistic push–pull marked by love-bombing and withdrawal, idealization followed by gaslighting or dismissal, and a gradual erosion of self-esteem and one’s subjective sense of reality.
In response, the psyche often adapts by shrinking, appeasing, or over-functioning—an unconscious strategy to remain safe and connected, but one that ultimately drains vitality and self-trust. Recovery isn’t about labeling others; it’s about reclaiming the parts of yourself that were lost in the effort to stay connected.
Through this work, we bring clarity and compassion to these dynamics—helping you recognize how early attachment wounds, family roles, and idealized projections shaped the pattern. Together we repair boundaries and rebuild your inner authority.
WORK WITH COUPLES
My work with couples focuses on change, curiosity, and compassion — both toward the self and toward one’s partner.
When partners cultivate curiosity about their differences, each strengthens their sense of self, and the relationship deepens in authenticity and trust.
With a more developed sense of self, partners can tolerate the stress of change without collapsing into blame or avoidance. This alchemical tension — the space between comfort and growth — is where intimacy matures.
My approach draws on the relationship theories of psychotherapist Esther Perel and clinical psychologist John Gottman, as well as my Certification in Sex Therapy (CIIS). I bring a deep understanding of patterns, projections, and attachment issues that shape both emotional and sexual intimacy.
My graduate thesis, The Alchemy of Human Relating, explored how romantic relationships uncover the psyche’s shadow material and can become a path for psychological individuation and deeper intimacy.
WORK WITH EMERGING ADULTS
My work with teens and young adults centers on helping clients build a resilient sense of self through curiosity, emotional insight, and self-acceptance.
Adolescence and early adulthood can feel turbulent—navigating friendships, identity, academics or career pressures, and the emotional impact of social media. I help clients make sense of confusing emotions, regulate their nervous systems, and develop tools for self-soothing and self-trust.
Over time, this process nurtures confidence and self-awareness — the foundation for authentic adulthood.
Mental health isn’t about "feeling good," but about having feelings that fit the moment,
even if those feelings are unwanted or painful. - Lisa Damour, clinical psychologist
HEALING FROM INFIDELITY
We honor the profound rupture that betrayal creates—while also exploring what can be learned from it. Reckoning with infidelity can become an initiatory experience—one that fosters personal growth and, sometimes, renewed connection.
Together, we examine deeper motives and meanings: unmet needs, longing for aliveness, family-system and attachment patterns, and unconscious dynamics. As understanding deepens, couples can move beyond the binary of blame or shame and discern whether the relationship can be reborn on new ground.