Care
How I work
When we begin working together, we slow down and take stock. I’ll want to know where you’ve been and what you’re moving through: your emotions, your physical experiences, your history, your hopes. Together, we weigh the risks, benefits, and alternatives of different approaches to care.
Treatment may include psychotherapy, medications, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, lifestyle recommendations, or referral to interventional psychiatry (such as TMS or ECT), integrative care (acupuncture, body work, etc.) or other forms of medical or healing support.
Medications and Integrative Care
My approach to psychiatry is evidence-based, informed by professional guidelines and the latest research on supplements, nutrition, and lifestyle modifications. I will not recommend a medication unless it is safe and appropriate, and I may encourage tapering off a medication you are already taking.
Therapy and Exploration
My approach to therapy is primarily psychodynamic, informed by psychoanalytic concepts. This means we work from your life story, exploring the relationships and patterns that shape your psychology.
In addition, I have training in several algorithmic modalities (Emotionally Focused Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy, others) as well as integrative techniques like Hologenic Breathwork that we can draw on as needed.
In some instances, we may decide to use ketamine to loosen old patterns, soften barriers to change, and invite new ways of seeing. I am trained in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy through the Ketamine Training Center.
Areas of expertise
I work with individuals, couples, and groups across many landscapes of human experience.
Healing from trauma and its aftermath
Exploring gender, sexuality, and identity
Navigating the mind-body connection, including the ways stress and emotion live in the body
Living with mental illness – including depression, anxiety, substance use, or experiences of psychosis
Chronic illness and disability
Cultivating meaning and creativity
Crossing thresholds of personal and spiritual transition
Deepening relationships, attachment, and connection
Developing a sense of self as a professional
I also offer consultation for gender-affirming surgeries and palliative psychiatric care.
