Individual Counseling

Individual therapy with me is collaborative, honest, and built on mutual respect. I work with adults who are tired of people-pleasing, burned out from keeping it together, or overwhelmed by emotions they don’t quite understand—especially anger.

In our work together, we’ll explore what’s behind your stress, frustration, and self-doubt—not to “fix” you, but to help you understand your responses and reconnect with your needs. A lot of my clients come in with complicated family histories, especially with emotionally immature parents, and want to break out of cycles that feel automatic. We’ll talk about boundaries, anger, identity, and how to stop outsourcing your self-worth to other people’s opinions.

You don’t need to come into therapy with perfect insight or a five-point plan. You just need to be willing to show up. I’m a warm, no-nonsense therapist who will challenge you when needed and sit with you through the messy parts. I’ll help you feel your emotions without getting swallowed by them, and start to notice what safety, clarity, and self-acceptance actually feel like in your body—not just in your head.

Every session is shaped by what you bring to it. I draw from EMDR, relational work, and nervous system education to help you move forward in a way that’s grounded and real. This isn’t surface-level self-care or quick-fix therapy. It’s the kind of work that helps you get clear on who you are, what you want, and how to live in a way that reflects that.

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It’s a well-researched therapy that helps people process overwhelming experiences so those memories or patterns don’t keep hijacking the present. While EMDR is often used to treat trauma, it can also be incredibly effective for things like social anxiety, driving-related stress, work overwhelm, or fears that don’t always make logical sense.

EMDR works by helping the brain and body reprocess distressing memories in a way that feels safer and more complete. You don’t have to relive everything in detail—instead, we stay grounded in the present while your nervous system does the work of filing things where they belong. Many of my clients are surprised by how powerful it can be.

I’ve used EMDR in my own therapy, and it helped me work through a lifelong fear of the dark—something I didn’t expect to shift as deeply as it did. That experience gave me a real appreciation for this work. If you're curious about EMDR and whether it might be helpful for you, we can talk more about it in session and move at a pace that feels right.