Every course of treatment begins with a consultation. Together, we'll talk about what brings you in, what you hope might change, and what you're looking for in therapy. It's also a chance for you to get a sense of me: how I work, and whether you feel comfortable. Finding the right therapist matters, and it's entirely reasonable to meet with more than one before deciding.

Once I have an understanding of your concerns, I'll share my impressions, and we'll decide together how best to proceed. That might be individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, EMDR (weekly or as an intensive), parent consultation, or a combination. If I believe someone else could better meet your needs, I'm glad to help with referrals. The first consultation is complimentary.

Therapy is a confidential, honest conversation about what troubles you, what matters to you, and what stands in the way of the life you want. Symptoms such as anxiety or depression are real and deserve attention, but they often point to something deeper, and understanding that is frequently what makes lasting change possible.

Because people's needs differ, therapy can take different forms. Depending on what you hope for, our work may lean more toward support, helping you steady yourself through a difficult period, or toward exploration, looking more deeply at the patterns beneath your struggles. It might mean weekly sessions for a few months around a specific concern, or ongoing work once or more a week over a longer period. We'll decide together what fits, and the balance can shift as the work unfolds.

Over time, people often find they can bear a wider range of feelings, hold a steadier sense of their own worth, and recover more readily when hard things happen. After our work ends, I remain available if new challenges arise.

Close relationships stir our deepest longings, and our deepest fears. Most of us want intimacy and, at the same time, feel wary of it, and over time couples tend to settle into familiar patterns that protect against those fears but leave both partners hurt, frustrated or distant. Couples often come to therapy after a crisis: infidelity, a loss, an illness, financial strain, or a conflict that keeps returning.

Some couples need a few months of focused work around a particular issue. Others face longer-standing difficulties that call for deeper exploration. Either way, I help partners understand how each person's history shapes the relationship, so they can move toward greater understanding and closeness. The one requirement is that both partners are willing to engage honestly in the work.

Some experiences, such as trauma, loss or early hurt, stay lodged in us in ways that talking alone doesn't always reach. I'm trained in Attachment-Focused EMDR, an approach that helps the mind and body process distressing memories so they lose their hold on the present. I integrate EMDR within a broader psychodynamic understanding, attending not only to the memory itself but to its meaning in your life and relationships.

EMDR can be part of ongoing therapy or a focused piece of work on its own. For some people, an EMDR intensive is a good fit: fewer, longer sessions scheduled over [a few days / a short period], allowing concentrated work on a specific experience. We can talk during your consultation about whether an intensive makes sense for you.

When a child is struggling with anxiety or OCD, or a young adult is having difficulty moving toward independence (sometimes called "failure to launch"), parents often feel caught between wanting to protect their child and wanting to help them grow. I offer parent consultation using SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a well-researched approach developed at the Yale Child Study Center, along with its adaptation for parents of young adults. SPACE works directly with parents, so the child doesn't need to attend, and helps them respond to their child's distress with both compassion and confidence. My psychodynamic background adds attention to the family's emotional life, including the feelings and histories parents bring to these moments, which are often key to making change possible.

My fee is $250 per [50-minute] session. I am an out-of-network provider and provide documentation for clients seeking reimbursement from their insurance. I see clients in person at my Preston Hollow office and by telehealth for clients located in Texas.