Thoughtful, developmentally informed therapy that helps adults understand their experiences, reduce suffering, and create meaningful change.
My work with adults includes parenting concerns, mental health needs, and major life transitions. Therapy may explore past or present experiences and develop practical strategies tailored to each client’s circumstances. I approach adult therapy from a developmental, biopsychosocial perspective, considering how life stage, personal history, and broader systems shape current concerns. We explore childhood or trauma when doing so helps build understanding and guide more effective interventions.
Although experienced in psychiatric diagnosis, I focus on reducing suffering and improving quality of life rather than finding the “correct” label. I want clients to leave feeling respected, informed, and empowered to create meaningful change.
I draw on my child psychology knowledge when working with adults because adults are also undergoing development and are involved in numerous systems that affect their lives. So, a biopsychosocial perspective is used to shape our mutual understanding of their concerns as well as to guide the strategies we decide to use. A client’s childhood, history of trauma, or “past” is explored when those factors appear to be directly impacting on the current concern, with the purpose being to get a more comprehensive understanding of the problem so we can create more finely tuned and effective interventions.
While I am experienced in diagnosing specific psychiatric conditions, I tend to focus less on making the “correct” diagnosis and focus more on supporting clients to improve their quality of life and reduce suffering. One of my priorities with all adult clients is that they leave sessions feeling respected for who they are, empowered by enhanced knowledge, and more capable of producing the change they want to see in their lives.
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