What Therapy With Me Feels Like
People often ask what kind of therapy I do. Is it CBT? Is it psychodynamic? Do I give advice or just listen? Am I directive or do I let things unfold? These are fair questions. And the honest answer is: I do what works.
Therapy with me is structured but alive. It is precise, but not rigid. It changes shape depending on who you are, what phase of life you are in, and what your nervous system is capable of that day.
Some days, we work with insight. Other days, we work with grief. Sometimes we use metaphor, sometimes spreadsheets. I am not the kind of therapist who stares at you in silence and nods. I ask questions. I challenge. I offer observations — some tender, some sharp — when the moment is right. And I also know when to let the session breathe.
Above all, I work to create a space where you can hear your own voice more clearly — even the parts of you that have been silenced, shamed, or distorted by experience. Therapy with me is not about fixing what's wrong with you. It is about understanding what has been asked of you in your life, and deciding — consciously — whether you want to keep carrying that.
People come to me because something isn’t working. They stay because they start to know themselves better. They start to trust themselves more. They learn that they are allowed to change, and that it is possible to do so with clarity, integrity, and dignity.
I call my approach Dynamic Integrative Therapy, but honestly, that is just a name. What it feels like — for those who stay — is a slow return to your own authority.