My approach is integrative, which means I don't follow a rigid script. I follow you.
At the heart of how I work is one core belief: that real healing happens in relationship. Not just through techniques or tools, but through genuine contact: with your own feelings, your body, and with another person who is truly present with you. That kind of contact, I've found, is often exactly what gets disrupted when you uproot your life and start over somewhere new.
You might be wondering what therapy with me actually looks like in practice:
➡️ Do we follow a structure?
➡️ How often would we meet?
➡️ How long does it usually take?
We typically start with weekly sessions, especially at the beginning when we're building momentum and getting to know each other. As things progress and you start feeling more grounded, we can adjust the pace together. There's no fixed duration; it depends on what you'd like to work through. We check in regularly on how things are going, and you always have a say in when it feels right to wrap up.
The first session is mostly about you feeling genuinely heard. I'll give you space to share what brought you in, listen carefully, not just to what you say, but to how you say it, and toward the end, I'll reflect back what I've understood: does this feel right? What would you most like to focus on? Together, we'll find a small, concrete direction for our work.
Sessions move slowly and deliberately, because I've learned that going slow is often the fastest way to real change. I won't rush you or interrupt when you're processing something important. But I will ask - what are you noticing in your body right now? What happens inside you when you say that? - because so much of what we carry lives beneath the words, in the places we've learned to stop feeling.
Maybe that resonates with you. That low-level tension that never quite goes away. The restlessness. Functioning well on the outside, but feeling like something inside hasn't caught up yet. That's real, and it lives somewhere in the body. We can work with it together - not just talk about it, but actually feel it, understand it, and slowly shift it.
From there, we build collaboratively. I develop practical tools together with you, shaped around your specific situation and needs. We practice using them in real-life scenarios, I gather your feedback along the way, and I adjust as we go. My goal is that long before our last session, you're already using these tools on your own and seeing your own progress. Independence isn't something that happens at the end of therapy - it's something we build throughout it.
If you've read this far, something here probably resonated. I'd love to hear what's bringing you in, whenever you feel ready.