Sometimes the hardest seasons of life don’t fit neatly into a diagnosis.

You may be worried about a teenager who is pulling away and refuses to talk. You may be watching your young adult struggle to find their direction and wondering how much you should help. Addiction may be affecting your entire family. Or you may be exhausted from taking care of everyone around you while your own needs continue to come last.

These are the complicated spaces where I do some of my best work.

I work with teens, young adults, adults, parents, and families to better understand the patterns keeping them stuck, reconnect with their strengths, and create meaningful change in their lives and relationships.

Teens & Resistant Teens

“My teen needs someone to talk to—but they don’t want to talk to anyone.”

Sometimes the hardest part of getting a teenager help is getting them to actually want the help.

I enjoy working with teens—including those who are skeptical about therapy, shut down easily, struggle to trust adults, or are attending because someone else believes they need support.

Rather than forcing conversation or immediately focusing on what’s “wrong,” I prioritize connection and trust. Once a teenager feels genuinely heard rather than judged, corrected, or analyzed, therapy can become a place where they begin understanding themselves differently.

I work with teens experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-worth, family conflict, grief, behavioral concerns, difficulty with motivation, life transitions, and other challenges that can make adolescence particularly difficult.

When appropriate, I also collaborate with parents while protecting the therapeutic relationship and helping families find healthier ways to communicate and reconnect.

Launching Adults & Young Adults

Adulthood doesn’t automatically come with a roadmap.

The transition from adolescence into adulthood can be surprisingly difficult. Some young adults feel overwhelmed by decisions about college, careers, relationships, finances, independence, or simply figuring out who they are.

Others know they’re capable of more but can’t seem to move forward.

Therapy can help young adults understand what is keeping them stuck, develop confidence and independence, identify meaningful goals, and begin creating a life that feels like their own—not simply the life they believe they’re supposed to have.

I also work with parents who are struggling to determine the difference between supporting their adult child and unintentionally preventing them from learning to support themselves.

I also work with parents who are struggling to determine the difference between supporting their adult child and unintentionally preventing them from learning to support themselves.

Addiction & the Family

Addiction rarely affects just one person.

When someone you love is struggling with addiction, it can begin to shape the entire family. You may find yourself monitoring, worrying, rescuing, questioning, arguing, covering consequences, or constantly trying to figure out what you should—or shouldn’t—do.

Over time, it’s easy for someone else’s struggle to become the center of your own life.

I work with individuals and families affected by addiction to better understand these patterns, improve communication, establish healthier boundaries, and learn how to support someone they love without losing themselves in the process.

Codependency & Boundaries

You can love someone deeply without being responsible for fixing them.

If you’re accustomed to taking care of everyone else, setting boundaries can feel uncomfortable—even selfish.

You may find yourself saying yes when you want to say no, feeling responsible for other people’s emotions, avoiding conflict, rescuing the people you love, or feeling guilty when you prioritize yourself.

Together, we can explore where these patterns began and work toward relationships where you can remain loving, connected, and supportive without abandoning your own needs.

Grief, Loss & Life Transitions

There is no “right” way to grieve.

Loss can change how we see ourselves, our relationships, and the future we imagined.

Grief may follow the death of someone you love, but we can also grieve relationships, marriages, family dynamics, identities, opportunities, and chapters of life that didn’t unfold the way we expected.

Therapy doesn’t require you to “move on.” Instead, it can provide space to understand your grief, honor what you’ve experienced, and gradually discover what moving forward can look like for you.

Families & Blended Families

Loving each other doesn’t mean family life is always easy.

Families are complicated—and bringing two families together can add entirely new layers of relationships, expectations, parenting styles, loyalty conflicts, boundaries, and communication challenges.

I work with families navigating conflict, changing roles, parenting and co-parenting concerns, communication difficulties, blended-family dynamics, and periods of significant transition.

The goal isn’t to create a family that never disagrees. It’s to help family members better understand one another, communicate more effectively, establish healthier patterns, and build stronger connections.

You don’t have to know exactly what you need before reaching out.

Sometimes people begin therapy knowing precisely what they want to work on. Others simply know that something isn’t working anymore.

Both are perfectly good places to start.

My approach is person-centered, strength-based, holistic, and collaborative. We’ll start with where you are, identify what’s most important to you, and determine together what moving forward can look like.

Whatever your goal or reason for taking the courageous step to come in for therapy, I am committed to helping you reach your goals.