An initial consultation is scheduled to introduce ourselves, to talk about your needs and to talk about your intentions for therapy. I'll share my assessment with you and offer a preliminary course of therapy as a starting point.
Brief Therapy
When problems are pressing and resources and time for therapy are limited, a brief therapy with a clear focus may be helpful for you. Maybe you’ve tried digital tools, apps, or AI assistance, which can provide valuable psychoeducation, coping strategies, and initial insights. These resources offer accessibility and immediate support that can be genuinely helpful. But if you're finding that those approaches fall short of what you need, it might be time to consider what an ongoing, human relationship in therapy can provide—responsiveness in the moment, the kind of attunement that develops over time in a dedicated professional relationship, and collaborative work that adapts as your needs evolve.
Depth Therapy
Even when much of your life is functioning well, you might still feel stuck, unsettled, unfulfilled, or disconnected from what gives life meaning. If you’ve started noticing recurring patterns or unresolved issues that show up in relationships, work, or in how you experience yourself, you may feel ready for work that allows for more complexity and emotional depth. This complex work requires a skillful, trained and experienced therapist.
A psychoanalytic psychotherapy is designed to explore and make use of what is outside of your awareness, yet which contributes to recurring difficulties. In this work we pay close attention to the therapeutic relationship, to language, memories, sensations, dreams, memories and emotional experiences. We can learn a lot about how habits contribute to your life in unwanted, limiting or disruptive ways. This type of therapy will help you work through issues and reveal new ways of living and relating.
This approach may be a good choice if you're curious about yourself and others, if you are willing to learn to tolerate some discomfort for the purpose of working in depth, and if you've tried less intensive therapy without sustained results. This work is an effective therapy and the gains you make in this work bring growth and changes that sustain even after our work together is completed.