Background and Therapeutic Approach

My Background

After a career in finance, including stints in investment banking and mortgage securitization, I decided that I needed a career that was more about people and less about spreadsheets. To that end, I completed training to become a mental health counselor, which is now my chosen profession.

Since then, I have had the privilege of providing psychotherapy to a variety of clients:

  • Veterans struggling with PTSD,

  • Professionals navigating dramatic life changes,

  • Incarcerated men and women trying to find a new path,

  • Young children coping with the substance use challenges of their parents,

  • Adolescents doing their best to become happy young adults,

  • And many more.

Becoming an ally to those trying to make meaningful changes in their lives has proven to be a profoundly rewarding career decision.

My Therapeutic Approach

I believe that therapy should be compassionate and client-centered, but I also feel that it should be focused and finite. As a therapist, I work with clients to find specific and/or measurable outcomes they wish to achieve, and then collaboratively work with them to get there. My goals as a therapist are to help clients achieve their aims, and to have as many warm goodbyes as I can.

That said, sometimes therapy involves talking about intensely difficult and personal topics, and that can take time. I’m always glad to meet clients where they’re at emotionally and build the trust they need. As your therapist, I’m on your schedule, not mine.

Also, I understand that sometimes goals change, or sometimes therapy uncovers new goals clients didn’t even realize they had. That’s great! But when we decide to shift focus or objectives, we’ll do so mindfully and purposefully.