Anger, emotional shutdown, overwhelm, or the sense that feelings run the show rather than inform it — these are some of the most common reasons people come to me. I work with people of all backgrounds who want to understand what’s happening inside them and make more skillful choices.

Midlife, retirement, career change, relationship transitions, an empty nest, a health diagnosis — or simply the slow recognition that the life you built no longer fits. I help people move through change with intention rather than just surviving it.

Sometimes depression and anxiety look like a full, productive life with a persistent low hum of dread underneath it. I work with people who are functional but suffering — and getting curious about the parts of ourselves that are feeling nervous, scared, or hurt.

Getting sober is one thing. Building a life that genuinely sustains recovery is another. Trauma and recovery are deeply intertwined — once the substance is gone, the pain it was managing often comes forward. I use EMDR to process the underlying trauma driving addictive patterns — addressing the root, not just the behavior. For many, this also opens spiritual questions: Who am I now? What is my life for?

Burnout often happens to people who have worked incredibly hard for a very long time. I work with high-functioning people who have lost touch with what they actually want, who they are outside of their productivity, and what a sustainable life looks like for them.

Loss is not only the death of a person — it is the loss of a role, a relationship, a future you had imagined, a version of yourself. I bring both clinical training and a spiritual perspective to grief and end-of-life work, offering a space to grieve fully, ask the hard questions, and find ground even in the most uncertain terrain.

Working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer clients is not a specialty I added — it is woven into the fabric of my practice and my life. I understand the particular terrain: coming out at any age, internalized shame, family rejection, relationship dynamics, chosen family, community, and the specific grief and resilience that comes with living authentically in a world that has not always made that easy.

I also recognize that many LGBTQ+ clients are navigating a particularly painful political and social moment right now. The loss of freedoms and protections, medical care being undermined, the fear, the grief, the visibility — that stress belongs in the room. I see it, I hold it, and I am here for all of it.

Relationships are where we have the most opportunity to heal and grow. They are also where our oldest wounds show up most reliably — the patterns we learned early, the ways we protect ourselves, the roles we slip into without realizing it.

I work with individuals and couples on exactly this territory. Whether the struggle is showing up in a romantic relationship, a friendship, at work, or within yourself — the invitation is the same: to pause, notice, and interrupt old patterns in the moment, starting with an honest and compassionate look at how you are showing up.

Are you navigating the impact of racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, or other forms of oppression? The chronic stress of discrimination — microaggressions, systemic barriers, erasure — has real psychological consequences. It is not in your head. And it belongs in the therapy room. I am committed to holding the full complexity of your experience, including the ways the world has shaped it.

To be human is to be affected by what is happening around us. The stress of political and social upheaval — the uncertainty, the grief, the anger, the fear — is real and takes a real toll. It is not weakness. It means you are paying attention. It means you are human. We can explore how to carry what is happening without being consumed by it — finding your footing in community and connection, and building resilience that lasts.

For those seeking it, I offer a space to explore the deeper questions — meaning, mortality, faith, doubt, and what makes a life worth living. I bring a personal and longstanding contemplative practice to this work, informed by Zen Buddhism and Jewish wisdom traditions. I am equally at home with people who have a rich spiritual life, people who have left a tradition, people who have never had one, and people in recovery finding their own relationship to something larger than themselves. This is here for you if you want it — and never imposed if you don’t.