Dysregulated in your relationships? Find relief from the cycle of reactivity and regret.

Cultivate connetion, compassion and ease.

Stuck having the same reactions over and over, no matter your efforts shift? (or perhaps this sounds more like your teen..) I work with folks who are struggling with overwhelming emotions to find more ease and stability in their relationships (including their relationship with themself)! If you, or your teen, are struggling in these ways, you're in exactly the right place.

Some of us can read the relationship or parenting books, listen to all the podcasts and armed with new know how, can implement the  strategies and get results... Some of us read all the books, understand the science and yet remain stuck in painful cycles of acting out of integrity with our values. Despite of all of your efforts and intentions, you are struggling to stay regulated and offer your loved one(s) patience and presence or care. Relationships are hard! Parenting is HARD! A deeper understanding of one's self, and the science of our behavior, can be the elixer to smoother and more satisfying relationships, with your self, your loved ones and your children. 

Parenting is a hero's journey, it is messy, and whole hearted business and sometimes it requires specialized support. Parenting, and specifically parenting teens with big, strong (and sometimes exquisitely loud) feelings, is REALLY HARD and can touch off all of our unprocessed wounds and pain points. It is an enormous challenge to provide steady warm presence and care if we did not consistently receive it as children. Under these circumstances feeling exhausted, under-resourced and maybe even hopeless (or close) makes so much sense!

As a psychodynamic therapist, I work in a way that prioritizes authenticity and your experience of being deeply understood. From this connected place, with curiosity and compassion, and without judgment (for real) we will explore your most habitual stress responses, whats activating the stress response, and identify and practice soothing skills to support you in tending to yourself and your child  challenging moments. Together, we will develop individualized strategies and relational approaches to integrate into your parenting and family systems for more ease and connection. 

Whether is parenting or partnership you want to work on, I look forward to working with you toward your vision of more connection, steadiness in your relationships!