How I Work

My approach is founded on a few core frameworks and orientations, with the influence of countless others.

As a clinician, I am most influenced by systemic / family therapy orientations (Contextual, Structural, Narrative), psychodynamic theory (Object Relations, Jungian) and more modern frameworks of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Internal Family Systems Therapy. I strive to practice in line with trauma-informed and humanist values.

These clinical orientations dovetail with vocabularies and frameworks learned from non-clinical contexts: organizational dynamics, spiritual practice, and philosophy.  You may not be surprised to hear, there is much overlap.  The sum is greater than its parts.

In session, I operate through practices of attention, presence, openness, and acceptance.  If I am successful, I meet my clients’ potential for growth and change where it resides and work from there.  At times I might speak to the intellectual and conceptual; at others, our focus will be the emotional, sensory, or spiritual.

I seek broad knowledge and understanding of people, so, in the moment of practice, I might better grasp and speak to how my clients see the world.  I keep my clinical practice on the smaller side in hopes to offer greater presence for the clients I see.