Psychodynamic therapy is a therapeutic approach rooted in the understanding that unconscious thoughts and past experiences significantly shape current behavior, emotions, and relationships. I integrate psychodynamic principles by helping clients explore these underlying dynamics, which often involves tracing patterns from childhood or past relationships that influence present-day struggles. I believe lasting change can occur by building a new perspective around our past selves.

Attachment theory is a central aspect of my work as it provides valuable insights into how early relationships, particularly with caregivers, shape the way we connect with others throughout our lives. By exploring your attachment style—whether secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized—I help you recognize how these patterns influence your current relationships, emotional responses, and sense of self. Together, we’ll identify and unpack the ways these attachment dynamics show up in both past and present relationships, helping you untangle limiting patterns and develop healthier, more secure ways of relating to others and to yourself.

I integrate trauma-informed practice into my work by grounding my approach in understanding how trauma impacts the nervous system, attachment, and sense of safety. I am attuned to how trauma can disrupt a person’s sense of control, self-regulation, and relational dynamics and I prioritize in creating a safe and predictable therapeutic environment that fosters trust and stability. My clinical approach emphasizes the importance of validating clients' experiences, building awareness and acknowledging your trauma responses as adaptive (or maladaptive) survival mechanisms, and supporting you in reclaiming your self autonomy again.