Relational psychodynamic therapy is based on the understanding that our earliest relationships shape how we experience ourselves and others. The ways we learned to cope, protect ourselves, and seek connection often developed in response to the environments we grew up in.

Over time, these patterns can become automatic. You might notice yourself shutting down during conflict, over-functioning in relationships, doubting your own needs, or feeling responsible for other people’s emotions. These responses once made sense because they helped you adapt.

In our work together, we gently explore how past relational experiences may still be influencing your present relationships, including, at times, the therapeutic relationship itself. Rather than focusing only on managing symptoms, we pay attention to the deeper patterns underneath them in order to create opportunity for change.

This approach isn’t about blaming caregivers or revisiting the past for its own sake. It’s about understanding how your nervous system learned to navigate closeness, conflict, safety, and vulnerability, and creating space for new experiences that feel more secure and grounded.

Relational psychodynamic therapy values curiosity, reflection, and the healing potential of a consistent, attuned therapeutic relationship over time.

Relational Psychodynamic Therapy

Person-centered therapy is grounded in the belief that you are not broken and that you already carry an innate capacity for growth and healing.

In this approach, the therapeutic relationship itself is central. When you experience genuine empathy, acceptance, and emotional safety, it becomes easier to explore parts of yourself that may have felt hidden, judged, or misunderstood in the past.

Rather than directing or diagnosing your experience, I listen carefully and respond with curiosity and respect. You are the expert on your own life. My role is to provide a steady, attuned presence that helps you clarify your feelings, reconnect with your inner voice, and move toward choices that feel more aligned.

For many people who grew up feeling unseen or invalidated, simply being deeply heard can be a powerful and corrective experience.

Person-centered therapy creates the foundation of safety and trust that allows deeper trauma and attachment work to unfold at a pace that feels manageable.

Person-Centered Therapy

Feminist therapy recognizes that our mental health is shaped not only by personal experiences, but also by the larger systems we live within. Family roles, cultural expectations, gender socialization, racism, homophobia, economic stress, and other forms of marginalization can deeply influence how we see ourselves and what we believe we’re allowed to need.

This approach invites us to consider the impact of power in relationships, in families, and in society. Many people have internalized messages that their needs are “too much,” that conflict is unsafe, or that they are responsible for keeping others comfortable. Together, we gently examine where those messages came from and whether they still serve you.

Feminist therapy is collaborative and empowering. Rather than positioning you as the problem, we look at how your environment, roles, and lived experiences have shaped your coping strategies. In our work, we create space for your voice, your autonomy, and your right to take up space, both in therapy and in your life.

Feminist Therapy

Inner Child and Parts Work

Inner child and parts work is based on the understanding that we all carry different “parts” of ourselves, especially the parts that developed in response to early experiences.

You might notice a part of you that becomes anxious in relationships, a part that shuts down during conflict, a part that people-pleases to keep the peace, or a younger part that still carries hurt, fear, or loneliness. These parts are not flaws. They formed to help you survive.

Rather than trying to silence or override them, we approach these parts with curiosity and compassion. Together, we explore what they needed then, what they’re still trying to protect you from, and how they show up in your present life.

Inner child work can be especially powerful for those who grew up feeling unseen, unsafe, or responsible for others. It allows us to gently reconnect with younger aspects of you that may not have received the care, validation, or protection they deserved and learn to receive it from yourself and others.

Over time, this work supports greater self-understanding, self-trust, and internal balance, helping your nervous system learn that you are no longer alone in carrying those earlier experiences.

Somatic and Attachment-Focused EMDR

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help the brain and nervous system process traumatic or distressing experiences that feel stuck. Using bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements or tapping) EMDR supports your system in integrating memories so they feel less charged and disruptive.

In Somatic and Attachment-Focused (SAFE) EMDR, safety and stabilization are foundational. We do not rush into processing. Instead, we build internal resources, strengthen regulation skills, and ensure your nervous system has the capacity to engage the work without becoming overwhelmed.

Because many wounds occur within relationships, SAFE EMDR places strong emphasis on attachment patterns and the therapeutic relationship itself. We address not only the events that happened, but also the beliefs, relational templates, and nervous system responses that formed around them.

This approach integrates consistent awareness of the body. Tracking sensations and internal shifts allows processing to happen in a grounded, contained way, supporting deeper integration rather than retraumatization.

SAFE EMDR is especially supportive for complex trauma, attachment wounds, and long-standing relational patterns. The goal is not to relive the past, but to help your nervous system update what it learned so you can respond to the present with greater flexibility and stability.