About therapy.

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Therapy means different things for different people. There are many different ways of practicing therapy that providers utilize. Though this makes for some confusion when getting started, this abundance of approaches is ultimately a very good thing; it takes into account just how varied and complex people and problems are.

No single theory or modality can address all concerns. As a result, I don’t rely on one method or perspective to work with all people; I incorporate a variety of perspectives in my work with clients.

Therapy is a unique, complex endeavor, because all individuals engaging in it—therapists and clients, alike—are precisely those two things:  unique and complex. I stay mindful of this by embracing curiosity and acceptance, and suspending, to the greatest extent possible, judgments and biases. I relish the challenge of making sense of our messy, confounding selves and experiences; of loosening the tangled knots of our intersecting identities; and of easing the pressures we absorb from external, powerful forces.