Many people struggle with the various stressors that life places upon us. We learn to cope with distressing situations in a variety of ways, some of them constructive and beneficial, and some of them less so. Often, people come to therapy because they have become "stuck" in rigid, inflexible patterns of thinking, feeling, behaving, and relating. Sometimes people choose to enter therapy in order to gain a better awareness of themselves and the ways in which they enter relationships or circumstances that are less than rewarding. Psychotherapy can help individuals struggling with a variety of difficulties to feel better about themselves, their relationships, and clarify their life goals and desires.

Therapy sessions are 45 minutes in length. Shorter or longer sessions can be scheduled on an as-needed basis. The frequency of our sessions is up to you. Most people prefer to be seen weekly, as meeting regularly enhances our ability to get to know each other and facilitates a supportive and trusting environment more quickly. Some people prefer to come to therapy more than once a week. This type of therapy is often referred to as "psychodynamic" or "psychoanalytic" therapy, in that it is more intense, tends to focus on bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness, and focuses on the therapeutic relationship as a microcosm of the way in which a person relates to others in his or her life. No matter what frequency you choose to be seen, this way of working is my preference. I believe that progress in therapy occurs through a combination of feeling support and empathy from your therapist, which allows you to discover patterns of relating to yourself and others that were perhaps useful in the past but now seem to get in the way. Through our experience of each other and our work together, my goals are to help you to learn new ways of relating to your world and have more flexibility in how you respond to your environment.