Specialties
Eating Concerns
Disordered eating often isn’t loud or obvious.
It doesn’t always announce itself as a crisis.
For many adults, it shows up quietly—through rigid rules, constant mental negotiation around food, cycles of control and regret, or a persistent sense that eating requires effort, vigilance, or self-monitoring.
You may appear functional, capable, even successful.
Internally, food—and often the body itself—takes up more space than it should.
This can include chronic restriction or “clean eating” that grows increasingly narrow, persistent preoccupation with weight or shape, guilt or anxiety after eating, periods of overeating or loss of control, compensatory behaviors such as purging, or exercise that shifts from supportive to compulsory.
Often, these patterns shift form rather than resolve.
What brings many people to therapy is not a diagnosis or a single moment—but the accumulation.
The realization that managing food, the body, or control has become mentally consuming.
That the background noise never fully quiets.
That the effort required to stay regulated is beginning to cost more than it gives back.
Disordered eating exists on a spectrum.
You don’t need to fit a specific category to know that your relationship with food, movement, or your body has become strained, rigid, or unsustainable.
My work in this area is thoughtful, direct, and grounded in depth rather than surface-level change. We look carefully at what is maintaining the pattern—emotionally, cognitively, and relationally—while supporting a shift toward greater flexibility, clarity, and ease.
This is not about willpower.
And it is not about endlessly analyzing food.
It is about reducing mental noise, restoring trust, and creating a relationship with eating and the body that no longer requires constant management.
Mood & Anxiety
Mood and anxiety challenges often emerge gradually.
Not as a single rupture—but as a slow narrowing of internal space.
Life may continue to function.
Responsibilities are met.
Externally, little appears disrupted.
Internally, there may be persistent worry, emotional heaviness, irritability, or difficulty settling. Thoughts loop. Sleep becomes less restorative. Emotional range begins to compress.
Anxiety often takes the form of mental overactivity—anticipating problems, managing outcomes, staying ahead of discomfort.
Depression may show up less as sadness and more as depletion: reduced motivation, muted pleasure, or a quiet loss of momentum.
These experiences frequently overlap.
And they often persist longer than expected.
What brings many people to therapy is not a crisis, but the recognition that managing their internal state has become an ongoing, unseen effort—and that the strategies they’ve relied on are no longer creating relief.
Mood and anxiety challenges exist on a spectrum.
You don’t need to feel overwhelmed all the time to know something isn’t working.
My work in this area is calm, direct, and depth-oriented. We focus on understanding what is sustaining the pattern and supporting change that restores clarity, emotional range, and steadiness—without urgency or oversimplification.
This is not about positive thinking.
And it is not about simply getting through the day.
It is about helping life feel more livable again..
Trauma
Trauma is not defined solely by what happened.
It is shaped by how the nervous system learned to adapt.
For many adults, trauma does not live in memory alone—it lives in the body, in patterns of vigilance, in emotional responses that feel disproportionate or difficult to regulate, and in a persistent sense of being on edge or disconnected.
You may function well on the outside.
Internally, there may be tension, reactivity, emotional numbing, difficulty trusting safety, or a system that rarely fully settles.
This includes both single-event trauma and complex or developmental trauma—patterns shaped over time through chronic stress, relational injury, or environments that required ongoing self-protection.
Trauma often shows up indirectly: anxiety that feels sudden or inexplicable, mood shifts that don’t match the present moment, chronic self-monitoring, or a tendency to override needs in order to stay in control.
Many of these responses were once protective.
What brings people to therapy is rarely the memory itself, but the ongoing impact—feeling governed by reactions that no longer fit, or living as though the past is still present.
Trauma exists on a spectrum.
It does not require a single defining event, nor does it need to be named immediately to be addressed.
My work with trauma is careful, paced, and attuned. We focus on restoring internal safety, increasing capacity, and supporting change without forcing recall or pushing the nervous system faster than it can integrate.
This is not about reliving what happened.
And it is not about overriding the body.
It is about helping the system relearn safety, flexibility, and choice—so that the present is no longer shaped by the past.
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
Ketamine-assisted therapy is not a shortcut.
It is a structured, clinically guided intervention designed to support change when traditional approaches have not been enough.
For some individuals, patterns of depression, anxiety, trauma, or entrenched emotional states can feel fixed—despite insight, effort, and prior therapy. Ketamine can, in carefully controlled settings, create a temporary shift in perception and nervous system flexibility that allows therapeutic work to access new terrain.
This work is not about dissociation or escape.
And it is not about the medication alone.
Ketamine-assisted therapy integrates the biological effects of ketamine with intentional psychological support before, during, and after treatment. The therapeutic process focuses on preparation, meaning-making, and integration—helping insights translate into lasting change rather than isolated experiences.
People often describe a loosening of rigid thought patterns, a reduction in emotional intensity, or an increased sense of perspective. For some, this creates space where none previously existed. For others, it allows work already underway to move more fully.
This approach may be appropriate for individuals experiencing treatment-resistant depression, persistent mood or anxiety symptoms, or trauma-related patterns that have been slow to respond to conventional care. Careful screening and collaboration with medical providers are essential.
My role in ketamine-assisted therapy is to provide steady clinical containment, thoughtful preparation, and grounded integration. We move at a pace that prioritizes safety, coherence, and meaning—without urgency or over-interpretation.
This is not about chasing an experience.
It is about using a specific tool, within a structured therapeutic frame, to support clarity, flexibility, and change when other paths have stalled
