Personalized Psychological Care for Growth and Lasting Change

In our work together, you can expect a blend of active engagement and deep reflection—always tailored to your individual goals and needs. I draw from psychodynamic and existential psychotherapies, integrating approaches that help you explore your early life experiences as well as the larger questions that shape your life’s direction. Overall, these psychotherapies aim to help you rewrite a more complete and useful story of your life and experiences. By focusing on what is deepest within, these psychotherapies go beyond treating symptoms to help you get to the heart of your problems. For a closer look at these therapeutic approaches, brief descriptions are provided below.

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Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy is based on the idea that our current thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are shaped by earlier experiences—often those rooted in childhood. Many of the patterns that influence our lives, both helpful and unhelpful, were formed long before we were fully aware of them. In this therapy, we work together to uncover unconscious motivations, internal conflicts, and relational patterns that may be holding you back. This approach is not about assigning blame or endlessly revisiting the past. Instead, it’s about gaining insight into why you do what you do, so you can make more conscious choices in the present. The therapeutic relationship itself often acts as a mirror, helping you recognize patterns that first emerged in early relationships. By bringing these patterns into awareness, you gain the freedom to respond differently—to yourself and to others.

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Key questions explored in psychodynamic therapy include:

 

• What stories did you absorb during your childhood?

• ​How do these stories continue to influence you today?

• How do you form and maintain relationships?

• How do you handle conflict?

• In what ways do you still need to grow up?

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Through this process, you may notice recurring feelings or relationship dynamics across different areas of your life. Exploring these patterns together helps identify their origins and purpose. This insight is not just intellectual; it’s deeply felt and can bring relief, self-compassion, and a renewed sense of possibility. As you gain clarity about your inner world, you become better equipped to break free from old habits and build the life you want. Psychodynamic therapy is a process in service to deeper self-understanding, emotional freedom and flexiablity, and more authentic connection with others.

 

Existential Therapy

While psychodynamic therapy helps us understand the “why” of our patterns, existential therapy invites us to grapple with life’s big questions. This approach recognizes that distress—such as anxiety, depression, or emptiness—often signals that we are wrestling with fundamental human concerns, not just symptoms to be eliminated. Existential therapy is rooted in the belief that we all face certain realities: mortality, the search for meaning, the desire for connection, and the challenge of freedom and responsibility. Rather than viewing these as problems to solve, existential therapy treats them as invitations to reflect more deeply on what it means to be alive.

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Key questions explored in existential therapy include:

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• What is your personal philosophy of life?

• What deeper meaning or purpose guides your choices?

• How do you cope with the reality of death?

• How do you navigate the limits of being understood by others?

• What are your most important responsibilities - both to yourself and others?

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Together, we create space to examine your assumptions, values, and beliefs. We explore how you make sense of your experiences, what brings you meaning, and how you respond to uncertainty or loss. This process is not about providing ready-made answers, but supporting you as you craft your own. Many people find that existential therapy helps them move from confusion or paralysis to clarity and agency. By facing life’s uncertainties directly, you may discover new sources of meaning, resilience, and hope. Existential therapy can empower you to make choices that align with your deepest values, even in the face of life’s inevitable challenges.

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Integrating Psychodynamic and Existential Approaches

These two approaches work hand-in-hand. Psychodynamic therapy helps you understand the origins of your struggles, while existential therapy helps you decide what you want your life to stand for. Together, they invite you to examine both the forces that have shaped you and the possibilities that lie ahead. You may find, for example, that a sense of emptiness or anxiety is rooted in both past wounds and present questions about meaning. By addressing both, you can begin to heal old hurts while forging a more purposeful and fulfilling path forward.